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Prisons and Hepatitis

Prisons and Hepatitis

  • Centerforce: Collaborative Programs in HIV, STD and Hepatitis Prevention
    (http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/projects/Centerforce/)
    Joint program of Centerforce, a agency providing support and services to inmates of San Quentin prison and other facilities in northern and central California.
  • HIV & Hepatitis Education Prison Project
    (http://www.hivcorrections.org/)
    (HEPP) A forum sponsored by Brown University for correctional problem-solving that targets correctional administrators and HIV/AIDS- and hepatitis-care providers, including physicians, nurses, outreach workers, and case managers.
  • HIV/Hepatitis C in Prison Committee
    (http://www.prisons.org/hivin.htm)
    A project of California Prison Focus (http://www.prisons.org/) that advocates for the rights of prisoners with or at risk for HIV or hepatitis, including access to high-quality medical care, including access to all new HIV and hepatitis C medications, diagnostic testing, and combination therapies, as well as access to prevention and harm reduction tools.
  • Model Programs for Hepatitis A, B, and C Prevention: Adult Corrections Facilities
    (http://hepprograms.org/adult/index.asp)
    Model program information and links to key background information, fron the Immunization Action Coalition.
  • National Hepatitis C Prison Coalition
    (http://www.hcvinprison.org/)
    Mission is to bring together organizations and individuals to raise awareness and provide support to prisoners who are suffering from hepatitis and HIV/HCV coinfection, educate prisoners, and advocate for better testing, treatment, and prevention.

General Criminal Justice & Prison Health Care Links

  • American Correctional Health Services Association
    (http://www.corrections.com/achsa/)
    (ACHSA) Organization providing support, skill development, and educational programs for health care personnel, organizations, and decision-makers involved in correctional healthcare.
  • critcrim.org
    (http://www.critcrim.org)
    American Society of Criminology (ASC) site that provides information about critical scholarship related to crime and justice and is intended to link students, scholars, and researchers with interests in critical criminology.
  • The Grace Project
    (http://www.graceprojects.org/)
    Organization that promotes high-quality hospice and palliative care programs for terminally ill inmates in prisons and jails.
  • National Commission on Correctional Health Care
    (http://www.ncchc.org/)
    Mission is to improve the quality of health care provided in jails, prisons, and juvenile confinement facilities in the U.S.
  • National Criminal Justice Reference Service
    (http://www.ncjrs.org)
    A federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
  • National Prison Hospice Association
    (http://www.npha.org/)
    Promotes hospice care for terminally ill inmates.
  • Society of Correctional Physicians
    (http://www.corrdocs.org)
    An organization of physicians specializing in correctional medicine whose goals include the establishment, review, and promotion of ethical ideals and service standards in correctional medicine, and to encourage research in correctional health care issues.
  • United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention
    (http://www.odccp.org/odccp/crime_cicp.html)
    UN office responsible for crime prevention, criminal justice, and criminal law reform.
  • U.S. Department of Justice
    (http://www.usdoj.gov/)
    Federal agency responsible for enforcing the law, preventing and controlling crime, and seeking just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior.
    • Bureau of Justice Statistics
      (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs)
      Collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
    • Federal Bureau of Prisons
      (http://www.bop.gov/)
      Mission is to protect society by confining offenders in prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, cost-efficient, and secure, and to assist offenders in becoming law-abiding citizens. Includes the National Institute of Corrections (http://www.nicic.org/) , which provides training, technical assistance, information services, and policy/program development to federal, state, and local corrections agencies.
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