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Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM)

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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
November 30, 2022 at 5:00 PM

Thank you, everyone!

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, Thank you so much for helping to make this year’s Giving Tuesday a success. Thanks to you, we surpassed our goal of $10,000! This year, you heard from Chris Holyfield and Yvonne Mosley, who spent their first Thanksgiving toge…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
November 30, 2022 at 12:31 AM

Hey everyone: We still need to raise $2,200 by midnight!

FAMM Help us meet our goal for Giving Tuesday. Follow us:   Dear friend, We have 4 more hours left in Giving Tuesday and we're so close to our goal. We set a goal today to raise $10,000 for FAMM on Giving Tuesday. We have to raise $2,200 by midnight to reac…
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  Yvonne Mosley for FAMM · [email protected]
November 29, 2022 at 7:31 PM

We spent 22 holiday seasons apart.

FAMM Will you give a gift to FAMM for Giving Tuesday to help reunite more families like ours? Follow us:   Dear friend, My son Christopher and I didn't have holidays together for 22 years, since 2000, when he went to prison. All those years, Chris would cal…
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  Chris Holyfield for FAMM · [email protected]
November 29, 2022 at 2:02 PM

Friends, fight for second chances this Giving Tuesday.

FAMM Help us reach our goal. Follow us:   Dear friend, This Thanksgiving season, I am so thankful for my freedom. I am so thankful to be standing in my home, as opposed to in a unit being shaken down with the same routine day in and day out, even on the hol…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
November 28, 2022 at 5:45 PM

We can’t do this work without you, friends.

FAMM Help us end the disparity this Giving Tuesday. Follow us:   Dear friend, As I spent Thanksgiving with my family this year, I couldn't help but think of all the incarcerated people and their families who are having to spend Thanksgiving apart. At FAMM, …
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
November 24, 2022 at 7:30 PM

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, Today is Thanksgiving. As we gather around the table with our friends, family, and loved ones, I ask that we remember those who can't celebrate with their families today due to unjust, lengthy sentences that are keeping them …
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
November 22, 2022 at 4:30 PM

Friends: Help us get more people home for Thanksgiving.

FAMM Giving Tuesday is one week away! Follow us:   Dear friend, Giving Tuesday is one week away! It's a day where people worldwide are encouraged to support organizations that make their community better. Will you remember FAMM and help us reach our fundrai…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
November 18, 2022 at 2:39 PM

Everyone should want this, friends.

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, Good news in the fight for second chances! On Tuesday, November 15, the D.C. Council unanimously approved a measure to completely rewrite the city’s criminal code. Two important features that FAMM supported were included in t…
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  Frank Merold, FAMM · [email protected]
November 11, 2022 at 3:00 PM

When I think of second chances, I think especially of veterans.

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, My name is Frank Merold, and two years ago I was released on compassionate release from a life sentence on drugs charges. I'm writing you today, Veterans Day, because I am a proud veteran of the U.S. Army. My experience in th…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
November 2, 2022 at 5:00 PM

Friends, vote for justice reform on Nov. 8!

FAMM Criminal justice reform is on the ballot. Follow us:   Dear friend, This year's midterm election is shaping up to be a big one. Like many pressing issues, criminal justice reform is on the ballot next Tuesday, November 8. Please make sure you make time…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
October 19, 2022 at 1:34 PM

Does District Of Columbia make the grade, friends?

FAMM Our latest findings on compassionate release. Follow us:   Dear friend, In 2018 FAMM released state-by-state memos describing every compassionate release program in the country. We found that a lot of things about state compassionate release programs d…
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  Ann Espuelas · [email protected]
October 6, 2022 at 2:08 PM

Here's what alarmist headlines won't tell you, friends.

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, When Cecilia Cardenas was in prison for a mandatory 10-year sentence on drug charges, she took as many classes as she could. She knew every shelf, table, and chair in the prison library. And when she got out after seven years…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
September 28, 2022 at 8:26 PM

Help us make prisons safer, everyone.

FAMM Contact your lawmakers today! Follow us:   Dear friend, I have great news to share: A bill was introduced in Congress today to create more oversight of federal prisons. FAMM is supporting this new bill, and we think it can't pass soon enough! Ask your …
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
September 23, 2022 at 1:02 PM

Re: We need help from the inside, everyone.

FAMM We've updated our guide for easier printing. Follow us:   Dear friend, We received feedback that the incarcerated member guide we sent last week wasn't easy to print because it was only available in color. We have corrected this issue and created a bla…
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  Mary Price · [email protected]
September 22, 2022 at 2:18 PM

Guess who's back?

FAMM And what this means for compassionate release! Follow us:   Dear friend, The U.S. Sentencing Commission is back! That means the next few months will be big ones for federal criminal justice reform. It is the first time in more than three years that we …
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
September 15, 2022 at 2:30 PM

We need help from the inside, everyone.

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, FAMM is asking lawmakers to do more than #VisitAPrison and get a tour. We also want them to spend time with our loved ones inside. No one can tell their stories or advocate better. We need our incarcerated loved ones to work …
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  The FAMM Storytelling Team · [email protected]
September 1, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Ready to be inspired, everyone?

FAMM Our latest project launches today! Follow us:   Dear friend, Today we launch "Free to Succeed," FAMM's first-ever monthly storytelling program. Every month like clockwork, we will launch "story packages" of formerly-incarcerated people who've gotten a …
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
August 16, 2022 at 2:00 PM

BREAKING: National survey says ...

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, Today we released the results from the first-ever national poll on prison oversight. You can check out the full results here: https://famm.org/wp-content/uploads/FAMM-National-Survey-Key-Findings.pdf What we learned is that a…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
August 11, 2022 at 2:00 PM

A big week for federal reform!

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, Last week was a big week for federal reform, with two major developments. First, Colette Peters was sworn in as the new director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). I was invited to the ceremony, which was attended by all the lea…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
August 4, 2022 at 2:30 PM

I want your voice to be heard, everyone.

FAMM Tell your lawmaker: you can't know if you don't go. Follow us:   Dear friend, The #VisitAPrison campaign is about more than transforming the national conversation around crime, who is incarcerated, and for how long: the campaign is about you. It's abou…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
July 20, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Let's keep the pressure on, everyone!

FAMM Challenge your lawmaker to #VisitAPrison. Follow us:   Dear friend, Since launching #VisitAPrison last week, nearly 2,500 lawmakers in all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, have been challenged to visit a prison. But we need to …
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
July 11, 2022 at 2:00 PM

The #VisitAPrison Challenge Begins Today!

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, Today, FAMM is re-launching the #VisitAPrison challenge! With your help, we are going to challenge policymakers at every level of government to visit a prison or jail in their area. You can challenge your representatives to #…
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  Mary Price · [email protected]
July 1, 2022 at 2:12 PM

FAMM in the Courts: Criminal Justice Reform Victories

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, We have some good news about two sentencing related cases from the Supreme Court. In United States v. Taylor, the Supreme Court narrowed the definition of a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924 by holding that an attempt…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
June 22, 2022 at 3:31 PM

A Hole in our Hearts

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, Our FAMMily lost a piece of our hearts. On Sunday morning, Andrea Strong, our longtime director of member service, passed away at home. Andrea was FAMM's first employee, joining the organization in 1992 after her brother was …
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  Terrance and Sagan Stanton · [email protected]
June 20, 2022 at 2:31 PM

Last chance to support FAMM for Father’s Day!

Dear friend,  It’s been a busy Father’s Day weekend, but don’t forget imprisoned fathers separated from their kids. We are asking you to stand up and support FAMM! We are Terrance and Sagan Stanton. Along with our children, we face 17 more years of separation because of an unfair and excessive sent…
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  Sagan Soto-Stanton · [email protected]
June 19, 2022 at 7:31 PM

Have you joined our fight yet, friends?

Dear friend,  Thank you so much! To see the outpouring of support for FAMM this Father’s Day has touched me. I am married to Terrance Stanton, who sent you two emails over the past weekend. He went inside in 2012, and his release date is 2039. We face 17 more Father’s Days of separation. FAMM shine…
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  Terrance Stanton · [email protected]
June 19, 2022 at 2:32 PM

This Father’s Day, let's fight to end the racial disparity in sentencing!

Dear friend,  Happy Father’s Day, a day we acknowledge the vital role fathers play in our families. I am a father of four. Although I have not been with them physically for over ten years, I still have a duty to help my wife instill principles and good manners in our kids. This is the 10th year I w…
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  Terrance Stanton · [email protected]
June 17, 2022 at 2:31 PM

Friends, help FAMM reunite families for Father's Day

Dear friend,  I am heartbroken to be away from my children on Father’s Day. This year will be my 10th year without them. My name is Terrance Stanton and I am serving a 30-year sentence. A release date of 2039 means I will have 17 more Father’s Days separated from my children due to an unjust senten…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
June 6, 2022 at 2:49 PM

Friends: Join us and fight for the EQUAL Act!

FAMM We're bringing our demand to #EndTheDisparity to the Capitol. Follow us:   Dear friend, It’s time to take our demands to the steps of Congress! Join us at the House Triangle at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, June 8, at noon as …
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
May 20, 2022 at 2:48 PM

This Monday: Join Us for an EQUAL Act Call-In Day!

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, Get your calling fingers ready. It's time to get EQUAL! On Monday, May 23, FAMM is leading a national call-in day in support of the EQUAL Act, the bipartisan bill to end the disparity between federal crack and powder cocaine …
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  Yvonne Mosley · [email protected]
May 9, 2022 at 2:01 PM

FAMM gives me hope, friends.

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, During Mother's Day weekend, I wrote to you about my son Chris, and our family's experience in the criminal justice system. I'm writing again to ask you to support FAMM in their work for meaningful reform, especially for the …
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  Yvonne Mosley for FAMM · [email protected]
May 5, 2022 at 2:03 PM

We've spent 20 Mother’s Days apart.

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, It's hard for me to talk about my son Chris without getting sad, but FAMM's work for the EQUAL Act is really important, so here goes. When Chris was little, he loved having friends over to our place. That suited me just fine,…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
April 29, 2022 at 2:28 PM

Breaking: Parchman Prison has been investigated

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, Last week, the Department of Justice concluded its investigation into Mississippi's notorious state penitentiary at Parchman. They found that the conditions were so dangerous that Parchman violated the constitutional rights o…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
April 27, 2022 at 4:29 PM

To President Biden: More of that, please.

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, Yesterday, April 26, President Biden used his clemency power for the first time, granting three pardons and commuting 75 prison sentences. He also announced a number of initiatives to improve prison programming and re-entry. …
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  Molly Gill · [email protected]
April 21, 2022 at 2:00 PM

We've learned something crucial, everyone.

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, Today, FAMM released a new report describing the need for second chances for people serving extreme sentences in Illinois. We'll be sharing this report with Illinois state lawmakers to give them a roadmap for reform. You can …
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
April 13, 2022 at 1:37 PM

Making history at the Supreme Court

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, While FAMM does not take positions on nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court, I couldn't help but be excited by last week's confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. The news coverage focused on the historic nature of Judge…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
April 5, 2022 at 2:01 PM

The one thing prisons desperately need.

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, Our federal and state prisons desperately need more oversight and accountability. We have been promoting independent oversight as a way to make sure people in prison are kept safe and treated with dignity. Over the next week …
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
March 30, 2022 at 2:16 PM

Help us fight back, everyone.

FAMM If we are going to succeed, we will need your help. Follow us:   Dear friend, I'm not going to lie: These are difficult days for criminal justice reform. We need your support if we have any hope to regain momentum: https://secure.everyaction.com/UCT_4p…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
March 24, 2022 at 2:01 PM

We can't let up now, everyone.

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, We are SO CLOSE to finally ending the disparity in federal prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine offenses — and we can't let up now. Tell your senators to get on the right side of history by cosponsoring the EQUAL Act…
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  Veda Ajamu · [email protected]
March 10, 2022 at 3:01 PM

FAMM went to Washington – and Washington listened!

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, I just got back from FAMM’s recent Lobby Day Event on Capitol Hill. More than 40 FAMM members and staff gathered for three days to push for the EQUAL Act, the First Step Implementation Act, and prison oversight. As a longtime…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
February 24, 2022 at 6:03 PM

Next week, we're going straight to the source.

FAMM Join us virtually for next week's Lobby Day! Follow us:   Dear friend, Next week, February 28 and March 1, FAMM is bringing dozens of formerly incarcerated people and family members to Washington, D.C., to push for overdue sentencing and prison reform.…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
February 16, 2022 at 4:31 PM

A must-watch!

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, FAMM is fighting for second chances, including for people who committed serious crimes. To win support for second chances, we want to teach people how ineffective extreme prison sentences are and how much damage they cause to…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
February 9, 2022 at 4:30 PM

Friends: Help us end the worst conditions imaginable.

FAMM Follow us:   Trigger warning: sexual assault/rape Dear friend, Our prisons are in crisis — and our loved ones behind bars are facing some of the worst conditions imaginable. We need your help to get attention to these horrible conditions. Please help …
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
January 31, 2022 at 4:00 PM

35 years is long enough, everyone.

FAMM We need your help! Follow us:   Dear friend, 35 years of an unjust and racially discriminatory sentencing scheme is enough. It is time to eliminate the federal crack-powder disparity — and we need your help! Tweet to Congressional leadership today in s…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
January 20, 2022 at 3:18 PM

At last, everyone, they'll be reunited.

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, There was good news last week for thousands of families with loved ones in federal prison and on home confinement. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) published a rule implementing the Earned Time Credits provision of the 2018 First …
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  Molly Gill · [email protected]
January 13, 2022 at 4:00 PM

New year, new legislative sessions -- see what's coming!

FAMM Follow us:   Dear friend, It's go time. State legislatures across the country have begun reconvening for another legislative session. As lawmakers make their return (both in-person and virtually), FAMM is gearing up to fight for smart sentencing and p…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
January 7, 2022 at 3:00 PM

Where are we going, friends?

FAMM A look ahead at 2022. Follow us:   Dear friend, I hope you all are off to a good start in the new year. I wanted to share where FAMM's reform efforts stand and where we're going in 2022. We were thrilled to end 2021 on a high note, with U.S. Attorney G…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
December 31, 2021 at 11:30 PM

Everyone, this is your last chance to help families.

FAMM Don't miss this chance. Follow us:   Dear friend, Please help FAMM with one last gift to close out 2022: https://secure.everyaction.com/Y0qUTl-lckKT_-n_1aD9iw2 We have a goal of raising $200,000 before midnight — and we're so close! I know we can do it…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
December 31, 2021 at 3:59 PM

Please help, friends!

FAMM We only have until midnight tonight. Follow us:   Dear friend, Today is the LAST DAY of our match campaign! Will you please give to FAMM to close out the year? https://secure.everyaction.com/Y0qUTl-lckKT_-n_1aD9iw2 FAMM's work for criminal justice refo…
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  Kevin Ring · [email protected]
December 30, 2021 at 4:48 PM

This just can’t wait, friends!

FAMM We need you. Follow us:   Dear friend, Our match campaign is almost over. Please consider a gift to FAMM to help us continue our work into 2022 and beyond. Will you give to FAMM to help strengthen our fight? https://secure.everyaction.com/Y0qUTl-lckKT_…
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