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Michigan Criminal Justice

Why We Need Second Look Legislation in Michigan

LaWanda Hollister

Michigan staffer explores somatics and organizing

Art by Tashiena Combs-Holbrook

Using our freedom to free others

Artwork by Amanda DeBlauwe, I Mail My Love to You, 2020

With Love, From Inside

Michiganders rally for Second Look legislation at the State Capitol

AFSC Michigan and partners push for Second Look legislation

Second Look graphic

An update on Second Look Legislation in Michigan

Advocating for second chances for all people

Advocating for second chances for all people

Updated Nov 17, 2023

Cozine Welch of AFSC plays guitar

Music for the Movement - AFSC tunes propel Second Look legislation in Michigan

Claudia McLean

Claudia McLean describes AFSC Michigan’s work for Second Look legislation

Tenth Anniversary Edition of the Midwest Digest December 2022

Tenth Anniversary Edition of the Midwest Digest December 2022

Demanding rights for pregnant people in prison

Demanding rights for pregnant people in prison

If we oppose capital punishment, we must also stand against death by incarceration

If we oppose capital punishment, we must also stand against death by incarceration

Advocates applaud new maternal care policy for prisoners but call for legislation and oversight

Advocates applaud new maternal care policy for prisoners but call for legislation and oversight

Michigan has dramatically lowered the rate of inmates returning to prison

Updated Aug 9, 2021

Groups call on state to prioritize vaccination of people in Michigan prisons

Updated Jan 13, 2021

Opinion | Public conversations on justice should include the incarcerated

Updated Aug 20, 2020

I don’t want to die in prison

I don’t want to die in prison

Michigan prisoners, advocates concerned about heat as temperatures spike

Updated Jul 20, 2020

How a Group of Lifers Cracked the Code of Prison Reform

Updated Jun 25, 2020

Michigan lawmakers: Don't shackle pregnant prisoners and snap away their newborns

Updated Mar 16, 2020