FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION
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Mission Statement
FAMM is the most effective sentencing reform advocacy group in the United States. Since 1991, FAMM has been fighting to create a more fair and effective justice system that respects our American values of individual accountability and dignity while keeping our communities safe. By sharing stories of incarcerated people and their families, we highlight the human costs of mandatory sentencing laws and bad prison policies, and advocate for more efficient and effective protection of public safety.
About This Cause
FAMM is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization fighting for prison reform and smart sentencing laws that protect public safety. We see a country where criminal sentencing is individualized, humane, and sufficient to impose fair punishment and protect public safety. By advocating for sensible state and federal sentencing reform, FAMM helps: - lessen the burden of overcrowded prisons on taxpayers, - shift resources from excessive incarceration to law enforcement and other programs proven to reduce crime and recidivism, and - mobilize those whose lives are harmed by unfair prison sentences to work constructively for change. In 1990, Julie Stewart was public affairs director at the Cato Institute when she first learned of mandatory minimum sentencing laws. Her brother had been arrested for growing marijuana in Washington State, had pled guilty, and — though this was his first offense — had been sentenced to five years in federal prison without parole. The judge criticized the punishment as too harsh, but the mandatory minimum law left him no choice. Motivated by her own family’s experience, Julie created Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) in 1991. Though her brother has long since left prison, has a beautiful family and a good job, Julie continues to lead FAMM in the fight for punishments that fit the crime and the offender. Since FAMM’s first meeting in 1991, the organization has grown to include more than 70,000 supporters, including prisoners, family members, practitioners and concerned citizens.