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Amend is a public health and human rights program that aims to immediately reduce the debilitating health effects of US prisons on residents and staff.
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https://amend.us/ 04-10-2019 15:01:27
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Getting to know Brie Williams UC San Francisco after writing this piece The Baltimore Sun was the highlight of my week- brave and inspiring advocacy for social justice Amend

Lastly, on 10/26 at 12:30 PM EST, we will host a panel on Prosecution, Drug Use & Public Health feat. Sherry Boston, Dan Satterberg, Andre Ward of The Fortune Society, and David Cloud of Amend, moderated by IIP Dep. Dir. Alissa Heydari. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… 4/4










We are excited for Nneka Jones Tapia from Chicago Food Beyond to co-moderate our upcoming webinar on the health & wellbeing of correctional staff, happening on March 9th, 12 - 2 PM ET. Learn more about Dr. Jones Tapia's work: chicagobeyond.org/nneka-jones-ta… Register: zoom.us/webinar/regist…


Join us & send your DC-area people to our long-awaited launch event at the Nat'l Building Museum next Friday! Come explore a Freedom Library like the 6 (and counting) opened in prisons to date, and hear why @BlkLibraryGirl & Jason Reynolds News are involved: eventbrite.com/e/march-forth-…


Vincent Schiraldi Colette Peters worked with Amend/@briewsf to bring ideas from Norway's prisons to Oregon. Here's one example of how that played out at The Marshall Project: themarshallproject.org/2020/02/13/i-s…

Our paper on incarcerated older adults during COVID-19 in California state prisons is out in Health Affairs healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl… w/ the fabulous team of @briewsf Stefano M Bertozzi David Sears Ilana G-G, MD 🧵 1/

Reimagine rehabilitation. Amend cited in recent Los Angeles Times op-ed by Sharon Dolovich director of UCLA Prison Law latimes.com/opinion/story/…

