AMEND

Making Amends for the broken and destructive system of incarceration in the U.S. requires rejecting our harmful status quo and advancing constructive solutions for a more just, humane, and healthier way forward. Amend is committed to both. We call on health professionals, prison leaders and staff, elected officials, and community members to recognize and act on the current health crisis in United States prisons... Amend at UCSF is a public health and human rights program that works in prisons to reduce their debilitating health effects on residents and staff, while also joining policy makers and community leaders to advance decarceration strategies and a better, new system of accountability and healing in the US. We focus on health-focused culture-change initiatives, staff training, public education, advocacy, and policy-oriented research... Any conversation about transformational change in U.S. prisons must start with a call to significantly reduce the U.S. prison population...