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“You can treat incarcerated people with humanity. That is universal.” Cyrus Ahalt, @AmendatUCSF Chief Program Officer bit.ly/3iEykk6 @Kriminalomsorg1 @TomEberhardt15 @UCSF

NEW INVITED PERSPECTIVE: Uncovering Harmful Exposures in Carceral Environments. Read the article ➡️ ow.ly/VMNl50KPr3s @UNCResearch @EmoryRollins @AmendatUCSF @dronlylbr

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 @StefBertozzi @realdavIDsears @Ilana__GG 🧵 1/

UCSF Wins 4 Regional CASE Awards for Communications Excellence ucsf.edu/news/2022/07/4…

Reimagine rehabilitation. @AmendatUCSF cited in recent @latimes op-ed by @SharonDolovich director of @uclaprisonlaw latimes.com/opinion/story/…

@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: themarshallproject.org/2020/02/13/i-s…

Overcrowding. Old Buildings. & a COVID surge...the argument for Decarceration as outbreak mitigation in California prisons: publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/res…

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: 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 & @JasonReynolds83 are involved: eventbrite.com/e/march-forth-…

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

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 washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

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

📢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!🙏

Putting a stop to solitary confinement in North Dakota, a case study from @BioMedCentral Health & Justice ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Corrections vacancies are leading to more violence, less medical care and endless lockdowns. trib.al/HbITQXG

"The only commonality that solitary confinement should share with quarantine & medical isolation is a physical separation from other people.” @AmendatUCSF #COVID19 guidance for correctional settings featured in a @HuffPost article huffpost.com/entry/medical-…

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: medicine.ucsf.edu/news/congratul… #diversity #ucsf @ucsf

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: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… 4/4

@AmendatUCSF is hiring - a passion for improving health and engaging in prison culture transformation is essential. Senior program manager: tiny.ucsf.edu/6h9YoZ Mid-level program manager: tiny.ucsf.edu/QcGwFz Mid-level research associate: tiny.ucsf.edu/KnGBfj

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: tiny.ucsf.edu/6h9YoZ tiny.ucsf.edu/QcGwFz tiny.ucsf.edu/KnGBfj

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