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.

Recently, Natalie Holbrook-Combs and Pete Martel published a three-part article in the Criminal Defense Newsletter, as well as an opinion piece in Women's E-News, which can be found below.

Criminal Defense Newsletters:

Ending life and long sentences in Michigan: (Part 1 of 3)

Second Look: One path forward (Part 2 of 3)

Ending life and long sentences: Using clemency often—A return to mercy and justice (Part 3 of 3)

Women's E-News: The Time for Mercy is Now: A Call for Mass Clemency for Incarcerated Women