organizations
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: Families Against Mandatory Minimums

prison reform
type: Concept
narrower: Families Against Mandatory Minimums

mandatory minimums
type: Concept
narrower: Families Against Mandatory Minimums

Families Against Mandatory Minimums
definition: Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) is a national nonprofit organization that challenges the inflexible and excessive penalties required by mandatory sentencing laws. It is the only advocacy group devoted entirely to sentencing reform. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Families Against Mandatory Minimums]
broader: prison reform
broader: mandatory minimums
type: Concept