Amend

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.

[Amend @AmendatUCSF]

“You can treat incarcerated people with humanity. That is universal.” Cyrus Ahalt, @AmendatUCSF Chief Program Officer https://t.co/Nn5yGzZWnV @Kriminalomsorg1 @TomEberhardt15 @UCSF

[Environmental Health Perspectives @EHPonline]

NEW INVITED PERSPECTIVE: Uncovering Harmful Exposures in Carceral Environments. Read the article ➡️ https://t.co/oom8Fd1xUd @UNCResearch @EmoryRollins @AmendatUCSF @dronlylbr

[Ada Kwan @kwantada]

Our paper on incarcerated older adults during COVID-19 in California state prisons is out in @Health_Affairs https://t.co/lWfTqMeCBB w/ the fabulous team of @briewsf @StefBertozzi @realdavIDsears @Ilana__GG 🧵 1/

[Amend @AmendatUCSF]

UCSF Wins 4 Regional CASE Awards for Communications Excellence https://t.co/QeHNh0f7OR

[Maurice Chammah🍹🎻 @MauriceChammah]

@VinSchiraldi Colette Peters worked with @AmendatUCSF/@briewsf to bring ideas from Norway's prisons to Oregon.

Here's one example of how that played out at @MarshallProj:

https://t.co/qj3xGVc8IK

[SEICHE Center for Health and Justice @SEICHE_Yale]

We are excited for @NnekaTapia from @ChicagoBeyond 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: https://t.co/x8SfBX5t1k

Register: https://t.co/zx0i9voUcm

[Freedom Reads @million_book]

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 & @JasonReynolds83 are involved: https://t.co/Bqs7VmfsQ2

[SEICHE Center for Health and Justice @SEICHE_Yale]

cc: @SolomonCtrYLS @AmendatUCSF @YaleIMed @YaleMed @YaleLawSch @ACCJH @CLALeadership @mcoreports

[Solitary Watch @solitarywatch]

Editorial: CALL SOLITARY WHAT IT IS: TORTURE | It's a serious breakthrough for a paper like the @WashingtonPost to publish this. Advocates, especially solitary survivors and families: YOU DID THIS. Be proud. @unlocktheboxnow @ACLU @NRCATtweets @AmendatUCSF https://t.co/0e0dbcX2kS

[Amend @AmendatUCSF]

Great event coming up in March. Co-sponsored by @SolomonCtrYLS and @AmendatUCSF. #OccupationalHealth

[SEICHE Center for Health and Justice @SEICHE_Yale]

Save the date! On March 9th (12 - 2 PM ET), we are excited to host a webinar focused on the occupational health hazards of correctional staff. Registration below and more details to come.

https://t.co/zx0i9voUcm

[Dr. Meghan Novisky @DrNovisky]

📢If you have experience w/compassionate release efforts during the pandemic, my colleague (@JenJamesPhD) & I would love to speak with you. Our research project is focused on understanding barriers & facilitators to compassionate release during #COVID19. Please help us share!🙏

[JustHealth @JustHealth3]

Putting a stop to solitary confinement in North Dakota, a case study from @BioMedCentral Health & Justice

https://t.co/s4R258edDw

[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

Corrections vacancies are leading to more violence, less medical care and endless lockdowns. https://t.co/n6qwRezDGD

[UCSF Geriatrics @UCSFGeriatrics]

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer James, Pepper PESC-CADC Alumni Scholar, and mentor Dr. Brie Williams (@briewsf), for being awarded the Diversity Supplement with the NIA. Learn more: https://t.co/hXP16hFtwO #diversity #ucsf @ucsf

[Institute for Innovation in Prosecution @IIP_JohnJay]

Lastly, on 10/26 at 12:30 PM EST, we will host a panel on Prosecution, Drug Use & Public Health feat. @SherryBostonDA, @DanSatterberg, Andre Ward of @thefortunesoc, and David Cloud of @AmendatUCSF, moderated by IIP Dep. Dir. Alissa Heydari.

Register: https://t.co/YwLu3ivAh3 4/4

[Amend @AmendatUCSF]

Amend is hiring! We are searching for motivated, interesting, dedicated staff to join our team – a passion for improving health and engaging in prison culture transformation is essential.
All postings here: https://t.co/BrMpAgL6vM
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[Raya E. Kheirbek @UMSOMGeriPal]

Getting to know Brie Williams @UCSF after writing this piece @baltimoresun was the highlight of my week- brave and inspiring advocacy for social justice @AmendatUCSF

[Eastern State Penitentiary @easternstate]

TOMORROW, 10/5! The Searchlight Series returns to ESP IN PERSON for the first time in over a year. Join us for a screening & discussion re: the impact of global mass incarceration ft. @INationsNetwork, @AmendatUCSF @unlockedgrads & UNODC. Doors at 5:30 pm: https://t.co/lPzjLH5UTo

[Eastern State Penitentiary @easternstate]

Join us LIVE & IN PERSON next Tues 10/5 at 6pm! The @INationsNetwork's “The Writing on the Wall on Wheels” program rolls onto Eastern State's historic baseball field for a screening & panel discussion ft. @AmendatUCSF, @unlockedgrads, and @UNODC.

Details: https://t.co/lPzjLGOk1Q

[Eastern State Penitentiary @easternstate]

[1/2] For the first time since March 2020, we're welcoming an in-person audience for The Searchlight Series! Join us on 10/5 for a screening of the docuseries Incarceration Nations followed by a panel discussion about the impact of global mass incarceration.

[Amend @AmendatUCSF]

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