FAMM (Families Against Mandatory Minimums) is a nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1991 that works to reduce over‑reliance on mandatory prison sentences and to promote fairer, more effective sentencing and prison policies. FAMM advances its mission by elevating the stories of impacted families, litigating and lobbying for legislative change, and supporting reforms that increase judicial discretion, expand second‑chance opportunities, and improve conditions and oversight in prisons.
Sentencing reform (ending or reducing mandatory minimums and safety‑valve reforms), federal and state criminal justice reform (including the First Step Act and state-level repeals), clemency and compassionate release, parole and reentry policy, prison conditions and oversight, reduction of racial disparities in sentencing, and policies that expand rehabilitation, treatment, and second‑chance opportunities.
Primarily funded by individual donors and philanthropic foundation grants, supplemented by programmatic grants and charitable contributions.
Founder and board chair Julie Stewart; President & CEO Moses Cook; policy and advocacy partners including Arnold Ventures, Coalition for Public Safety, Justice Action Network and several criminal justice reform foundations and state coalitions.
Nonprofit advocacy organization
