About Us

The Safer Prisons, Safer Communities campaign began in early 2024. The two founding organizations are One Voice United, which represents the voices of correctional employees, and FAMM, which represents incarcerated people and their families.

Driven by the dire conditions inside our nation's prisons, the campaign brings together seemingly unlikely allies to advocate for reforms that will improve the lives of corrections officers and incarcerated people alike, improve rehabilitation and reintegration opportunities, and enhance community safety.

In February 2024, shortly after forming, the campaign participated in the Senate Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism’s hearing (opens in a new tab) on “The Nation’s Correctional Staffing Crisis: Assessing the Toll on Correctional Officers and Incarcerated Persons.”

Following this hearing, the campaign began to work at both the state and federal level to improve correctional conditions, transparency, and accountability.

The Safer Prisons, Safer Communities campaign actively supported the bipartisan Federal Prison Oversight Act (opens in a new tab) , which overwhelmingly passed in the House and Senate and was signed into law by President Biden in July 2024.

In October 2024, the campaign was officially launched.

One Voice United (opens in a new tab) is dedicated to elevating the voices of correctional officers and staff in national conversations about corrections and the criminal justice system.

FAMM (opens in a new tab) ’s mission is to create a more fair and effective justice system that respects our American values of individual accountability and dignity while keeping our communities safe.

Safer Prisons, Safer Communities is supported by Arnold Ventures (opens in a new tab) .