criminal justice reform
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Following Senator Mike Braun’s introduction of the Reforming Qualified Immunity Act, Americans for Prosperity-Indiana announced its support of this bill that takes a needed step toward improving policing standards. AFP-IN State Director Michael Chartier issued the following statement: “Senator Braun’s quick introduction of legislation to reform qualified immunity is a necessary first […]
SANTA FE, NM – Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico (AFP-NM) today congratulated the legislature for passing SB 08 and HB 05. SB 08 is a bill that would increase body camera use for police and HB 05 is a bill that establishes a Civil Rights Commission. The grassroots group ran statewide digital ads enabling citizens to […]
Policies provide opportunity for enacting meaningful change SANTA FE, NM – Ahead of the Special Session, Americans for Prosperity-New Mexico (AFP-NM) today urged lawmakers to support reforming qualified immunity and increasing body camera use to provide greater accountability and trust between police officers and the communities they serve. AFP-NM State Director Burly Cain issued the […]
LITTLE ROCK, AR – Americans for Prosperity-Arkansas (AFP-AR) announced it is hosting a webinar on solutions to successful reentry with Sean Pica of Hudson Link tomorrow at 5:30PM. The event will examine what tools and resources are needed for people to successfully re-enter society after incarceration. Hudson Link is a renown not-for-profit organization that provides […]
Grassroots group thanks legislature for passing drug free zone reform NASHVILLE, TN – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) today commended the legislature for passing SB 2734, a bill that reforms Tennessee’s harsh drug free zone laws. SB 2734 would reform the state’s drug free zone laws and reduce the zones from 1000 feet to 500 […]
Grassroots group urges legislature to reimagine state’s health care, criminal justice system NASHVILLE, TN – Americans for Prosperity-Tennessee (AFP-TN) today commended the Senate for passing bills that reform the state’s burdensome certificate-of-need (CON) laws and Tennessee’s harsh drug free zone laws. Both bills will be heard in the State House of Representatives in the coming […]
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Today a coalition led by Americans for Prosperity-Missouri (AFP-MO), including the ACLU-Missouri, Empower Missouri, Freedom Works, among other organizations issued a letter to Governor Parson calling for him to veto SB 600, a bill that would institute disproportionate and discredited sentencing requirements. The bill would cost taxpayers $16 million per year […]
AFP praises Governor McMaster for protecting incarcerated, pregnant women COLUMBIA, SC – Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina (AFP-SC) today praised Governor McMaster for signing H. 3967 into law. The women’s dignity bill forbids shackling incarcerated women during pregnancy, labor and postpartum recuperation. The bill follows in the steps of the federal, bipartisan First Step Act, which banned […]
Americans for Prosperity Board Member Mark Holden | Morning Consult The U.S. Sentencing Commission, which is largely dormant due to a lack of a quorum, published a study late last month on recidivism that is a blast from the past and straight from the failed “Tough on Crime” era playbook of the 1980s. Its key finding was that “incarceration […]
