General Secretary Shan Cretin discusses her experience working with young people in a California prison and how we can all play a role in ending mass incarceration. 

In Michigan and New York, AFSC programs support people serving long prison sentences.

The UN has said that long-term solitary confinement amounts to torture, but U.S. prisons continue to hold tens of thousands of people in isolation for months, even years.

Friends and others are organizing to address criminal justice issues in their communities and across the country. 

Download the infographic to see the costs of mass incarceration on communities across the U.S. 

"I’ve always felt that AFSC is a resource for those who work for social change," says Jack, a longtime advocate and AFSC supporter. 

The U.S. imprisons nearly half a million immigrants every year, shattering families and communities across the country.

AFSC has provided support to people in prison in the U.S. for nearly 100 years.

Bird-dogging presidential candidates on the campaign trail in New Hampshire and Iowa, calling for an end to the maltreatment of Palestinian children in Israeli detention, and a new chapter for young leaders in the Mekong Peace Journey.  

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