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Cyrus Ahalt

Cyrus Ahalt, MPP, is Chief Program Officer of Amend at UCSF, a health-focused correctional culture change program that partners with departments of corrections for staff training, policy review, and research and evaluation to significantly reduce and fundamentally transform incarceration in the U.S. He has written extensively on a range of topics at the intersection of public health and criminal justice reform.

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The Pandemic Exposes The Shared Fates Of The Jailed And The Jailer

Incarcerated people, corrections officers, and their families and communities are bound together by the threat of a deadly and fast-moving disease. The sooner we recognize this, and take decisive action, the more lives we will save.

Cyrus Ahalt Apr 03, 2020