The American Friends Service Committee Arizona

Cell-Out Arizona is a blog for and by the Arizona office of the American Friends Service Committee.  The goal of this blog is to provide a public forum for critical analysis of issues pertaining to incarceration, prison privatization, sentencing reform, and occasionally all things criminal justice related in Arizona.

The AFSC Arizona Area Office focuses primarily on issues surrounding criminal justice and seeking creative alternatives to mass incarceration.  The Criminal Justice Program’s work is centered in advocacy promoting public education and social change. Some of our advocacy work is on behalf of individual prisoners or family members, but we strive to concentrate our efforts on larger, policy-level issues that affect large numbers of people. We serve as a resource for prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their family members to find information and resources to address their questions and needs, and a place to get involved in bringing their voice to the seats of power in Arizona.