Visit Before You Vote
Visit Before You Vote is a national campaign created to educate and engage decision makers on the realities of corrections before they make sweeping changes to policy or vote on funding decisions.
Apart from those incarcerated, corrections officers and other frontline staff spend more time in the prison system than anyone else.
Yet, too often, their unique knowledge and understanding of prison operations and life are overlooked by policy writers, decision makers and reformists.
If our country intends to get serious about innovative criminal justice reform, it is essential that the true costs of maintaining a well-run facility are understood from all perspectives and corrections officers and other frontline staff are given a seat at the table.
Through policy, advocacy and reform, One Voice United will create opportunities for corrections officers and other frontline staff to raise issues of importance, discuss alternative approaches to corrections and lend their voice and expertise to the criminal justice discussion.
Safer Prisons, Safer Communities
One Voice United (OVU) and FAMM, respectively, two of the leading organizations representing correctional staff and incarcerated people and their families, have joined together in a new campaign for safer prisons.
Changing the Dynamic: A journey of exploration between the Norwegian and American prison systems
OVU led the first-ever delegation of correctional staff union members and labor leaders on a journey to Norway to reimagine the concept of incarceration in the U.S. and determine what, if any, Norwegian concepts or ideas could be used or implemented back home.
Testimony Submitted to The National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice
During this state of national emergency, crisis and tragedy surrounding coronavirus (COVID-19), corrections officers and other staff across the country are being asked to report for duty amid rapidly changing and unprecedented circumstances.
Letter to CDC Director Robert R. Redfield
No other occupation works in confined spaces with such a high-risk population and where social distancing is virtually an impossibility. These conditions impact over 400,000 staff and the 1.5 million people in our custody, and as such, they must be addressed and prioritized.
National Governors Association Policy Resolution
One Voice United developed 15 critical policy recommendations in response to COVID-19 and, with the support of national labor
leaders and presidents of 16 state unions across the country, submitted them to the National Governors Association.