Press Releases

FAMM Announces Dr. Shaneva D. McReynolds as President

October 23, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 23, 2024 Media Contact: teamfamm@mrss.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – FAMM (formerly Families Against Mandatory Minimums) is honored to announce Dr. Shaneva D. McReynolds as its newest president.…

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FAMM Announces Molly Crane as 2024 Equal Justice Works Fellow

September 5, 2024

Crane to develop nation’s first state-level compassionate release clearinghouse

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FAMM Announces Dr. Shaneva D. McReynolds as New Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Organizational Development

August 29, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: teamfamm@mrss.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – FAMM (formerly Families Against Mandatory Minimums) is honored to announce Dr. Shaneva D. McReynolds as its first Vice President of Strategic…

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FAMM Applauds DOJ Announcement of Civil Investigation Into Conditions at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center

August 20, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 20, 2024 Press contact: teamfamm@mrss.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice that it is launching a civil rights investigation…

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FAMM Celebrates U.S. Senate’s Successful Passage of Federal Prison Oversight Act

July 10, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 10, 2024 Press contact: teamfamm@mrss.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the United States Senate successfully passed the Federal Prison Oversight Act (FPOA), which will increase independent transparency and…

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FAMM Announces Moses Cook As New President and CEO

February 5, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 5, 2024 Media Contact: teamfamm@mrss.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – FAMM (formerly Families Against Mandatory Minimums), is honored to announce Moses Cook as its new president and CEO…

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FAMM Advocate Testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on First Step Act

January 17, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 17, 2024 Press contact: teamfamm@mrss.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, January 17, FAMM Senior Policy Advisor Matthew Charles testified in front of the full Senate Judiciary Com…

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FAMM releases comment as Sentencing Commission amendments go into effect

November 1, 2023

WASHINGTON – FAMM General Counsel Mary Price released the following statement about the United States Sentencing Commission’s amendments expanding federal compassionate release grounds that take effect today. “We are very glad…

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FAMM testifies at Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee hearing on clemency reform amendment

October 30, 2023

HARRISBURG – FAMM Senior Policy Associate Bryan Widenhouse is testifying live today at the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee’s hearing about Speaker Joanna McClinton’s constitutional amendment to the clemency process. House Bill 1410 would return the…

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FAMM congratulates Molly Gill, Vice President of Policy on new role at Federal Bureau of Prisons

October 20, 2023

WASHINGTON – FAMM today announced that Molly Gill will be leaving FAMM on October 25, to become an attorney advisor in the Office of Legislative Affairs of the federal Bureau of…

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