The Arizona Senate failed us. But our fight for criminal justice reform won’t end here.
This year, there was great momentum for meaningful criminal justice reform to finally become law in Arizona. But despite overwhelming, bipartisan support in the Arizona House of Representatives, the Arizona Senate failed to hear several impactful bills—effectively killing them. Senator Warren Petersen, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, refused to hear HB 2261, a bill that would’ve given people in prison increased access to menstrual products and provided protections for pregnant people