Corrections in America has lost its way. Instead of making people safer, prisons and jails now endanger the health of those incarcerated, those who work there, their families and communities. Amend means change for the better.
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American prisons and jails have a profound adverse impact on the health of everyone who lives and works inside them. Suicide is common, and on the rise, as a leading cause of death for prisoners, and correctional officers have one of the lowest life expectancies of any profession in America — around 59. Living or working in degrading, dehumanizing conditions is devastating for the physical and mental health of all involved — and far too often, that’s the reality.
Amend at UCSF fundamentally transforms culture inside prisons and jails to reduce their debilitating health effects. We provide a multi-year immersive program drawing on public health-oriented correctional practices from Norway and elsewhere to inspire changes in correctional cultures and create environments that can improve the health of people living and working in American correctional facilities.
Learn MoreOver the past five years, Amend has worked with multiple departments of corrections to bring about: significant reductions in violence and in the use of solitary confinement in their facilities; increased job satisfaction and self-reported well-being for correctional officers; and improved well-being and readiness for reentry among residents.
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