Michiganders rally in 2024 for Second Look legislation at the State Capitol. Mary Zerkel
AFSC addresses the state violence of the criminal, legal, and imprisonment systems in our communities. We disrupt the paradigm of punishment and build healing, wellness and full liberation for all.
We focus on Washtenaw County, home of the state’s only women’s prison. We provide direct advocacy, personal guidance and liberation work with long-serving people in prison.
AFSC Michigan also engages in base-building through various organizing strategies, including the Welcome Home Good Neighbor Project--Freedom Hub and the Let Me Tell You project. These projects are dedicated to individual and mass liberation.
We organize in diverse communities and lead multiple coalitions, including the Second Look Coalition. Backed by 29 partner organizations, Second Look legislation would reduce mass incarceration by allowing for a review of people’s long sentences. AFSC Michigan staff collect the stories of women in prison who share—through letters—why they deserve commutation.
Read our latest piece: Ending Life and Long Sentences: Using Clemency Often - A Return to Justice and Mercy on pages 3-7 of the Dec. 2024/Jan. 2025 issue of the Michigan State Appellate Defender Office Criminal Defense Newsletter.
