SHADOWS: CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND THE LEGACY OF INCARCERATION
A film by Tova: Artistic Project for Social Change

The powerful training film brings out of the shadows the voices and realities of children of incarcerated parents. Based on performances of presentation Holding up: A New Prison Legacy, the film follows the journey of the children, their caregivers and their incarcerated parents as they travel from the darkness of anger and pain into the light of healing and forgiveness. A must see for anyone working with incarcerated fathers, their children and their caregivers. This gem is brought to us by the National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated at the Family & Corrections Network.

Price: $30 plus $4.50 shipping costs

INSIDE/OUT: Real Stories of Women, Men and Life after Incarceration
A VHS/DVD for women and men facing the challenges after their partners are release from prison.

This 17 minute film is filled with insights into the lives of four women whose partners were incarcerated and five men who have served time. Inside/Out focuses on how many women face complex relationships issues with partners who are incarcerated and/or released. Particular attention is given to the health risks in prison and the need for honest communication regarding health when faced with future planning and decisions.

A discussion guide accompanies the DVD and VHS, giving tools for group discussion addressing the feelings, questions and concerns of participants.

Price: $30 plus $4.50 shipping costs

THE VOICES YOU RARELY HEAR
The Women of Central California’s Women’s Facility Write About Their Lives and Their Incarceration

Open to any page in this magnificent book and you will be in awe, struck by the heart and soul expressed by the poets and the storytellers who authored these pieces. Produced by Centerforce, our hope for this book is that it be shared with colleagues, friends and family. These courageous women tell their stories with passion and clarity, speaking for thousands of other incarcerated women with their hope that you will understand them and their lives.

Price: $10 plus $4.50 shipping costs

Hepatitis C Educational Videos for Incarcerated Settings

As part of the Centerforce Peer Health Education Program, peer health educators at San Quentin State Prison worked with Centerforce staff to develop a series of hepatitis educational videos designed for people who are incarcerated.  Each video includes a hepatitis prevention message that helps dispel common myths about hepatitis and addresses relevant methods of transmission of hepatitis in a prison setting.   The videos were created as public announcements for the closed-circuit television programming at San Quentin State Prison, and have been approved for viewing by the general public.

Price: Each video is free. There will be a charge $4.50 for shipping costs.

Or get all five in order for a $5.70 shipping cost here:

Hepatitis C Mythbusters Video 1: The Risk of Tattooing Inside (4 minutes)

In this video, the Peer Health Educator runs into a friend who is planning to get some extensive tattooing done by an incarcerated friend in the near future. The Peer Health Educator informs the friend that many aspects of the tattooing process can put him at risk for getting Hepatitis C and that the “jailhouse myths” of ways to clean the tattooing needle do not definitively protect him. The friend decides to find out more information before making a decision about his tattoo.

Hepatitis C Mythbusters Video 2: How is Hepatitis B Transmitted? (2 minutes)

In this video, a man who is seeing his doctor inside the prison asks how Hepatitis B is transmitted and the doctor provides the answer.

Hepatitis C Mythbusters Video 3: Can you get Hepatitis C from casual contact? (3 minutes)

In this video, two men (the Peer Health Educator and his friend) are in a discussion about how Hepatitis C is transmitted. The friend believes it can be transmitted from casual contact and the peer tries to convince him otherwise. The doctor is brought into the discussion and she clarifies that Hepatitis C is transmitted through blood to blood contact.

Hepatitis C Mythbusters Video 4: The Rumor Mill – How do people in prison get Hepatitis C? (5 minutes, 30 seconds)

In this video, two men (the Peer Health Educator and his friend) are discussing whether the friend may have contracted Hepatitis C from his recent tattoo that he received inside. The Peer Health Educator explains that he can only know by getting tested. This conversation is overheard by another man walking by who mishears the message. The message gets distorted through “the rumor mill” and then brought back to the Peer Health Educator for clarification. The main message of the video is to “always get the facts”.

Video 5: Hepatitis A, B, and C – the Basics (4o minutes)

This is a video of a class provided by a Peer Health Educator to other men who are incarcerated on the basics of the liver, Hepatitis A, B, and C as well as possible transmission risks for each in an incarcerated setting.

Ideally, those individuals who take this training have already completed the 4 day Level I training. The Level II training reviews the basic skills of a peer health educator, including: understanding of the importance of confidentiality, having cultural awareness and humility, understanding the role and skills of a peer health educator, awareness of how individuals change behavior and the concept of harm reduction, and how to communicate with peers about health information and support them to make their own decisions about their health. Furthermore, the training provides a review of liver basics and an overview of Hepatitis C from the Level I training. The training then continues with education about the basic Hepatitis C tests, Treatment for Hepatitis C, Side Effects of the treatment,  Progression of Hepatitis C Disease, Hepatitis C Tests to monitor Disease Progression, the issue of Co-infection, How to Live with Hepatitis C, Issues and Skills around Disclosure, the Impact of one’s Hepatitis C diagnosis on Family, the importance of Social Support, and one – to  – one outreach skills. The training includes slides, handouts for participants, and evaluation tools.

Level II Training:

Day 1:

1. HPHEPP – Level II Day 1 Training Slides
2. Agreement to Follow The Peer Health Educators Mission and Values
3. HPHEPP – Level II Training – Day 1_Daily Feedback Form
4. HPHEPP Level II_Pre Knowledge Survey_Men
5. HPHEPP Level II_Pre Knowledge Survey_Women

Day 2:

1. HPHEPP – Level II Day 2 Training Slides
2. Hep a, b, c table
3. Hepatitis Roulette Game
4. HCV Advocate_ Hepatitis C antibody tests
5. HCV Advocate_Hepatitis C Genotype Tests
6. HCV Advocate_Viral Load
7. HCV Advocate_Testing Positive, Now What
8. HCV Advocate_ALTHCV Advocate_HCV LAB TRACKER
9. HCV Advocate_Boceprevir
10. HCV Advocate_Telaprevir
11. HCV Advocate_Interferon, Ribavirin and HCV Protease Inhibitors
12. HPHEPP – Level II Training – Day 2_Daily Feedback Form

Day 3:

1. HPHEPP – Level II Day 3 Training Slides
2. HCV Advocate_Side Effects of Treatment
3. HCV Advocate_Steatosis
4. HCV Advocate_Cirrhosis
5. HCV Advocate_Cirrhosis Signs and Symptoms
6. HCV Advocate_Biopsy
7. HPHEPP – Level II Training – Day 3_Daily Feedback Form

Day 4:

1. HPHEPP – Level II Day 4 Training Slides
2. Worksheet 4.1_Disclosure Decision Making Grid
3. Worksheet 4.2_Disclosure Preparation Form
4. Worksheet 4.3_ Day of Disclosure Form
5. For_Family_and_Friends_Caring_for_someone_with_Hepatitis_C
6. HCV Advocate_Stigma_and_HCV
7. HPHEPP – Level II Training – Day 4_Daily Feedback Form

Day 5:

1. HPEPP – Level II Day 5 Training Slides
2. HPHEPP – Level II Training – Day 5_Daily Feedback Form
3. HPHEPP Level II_Post Knowledge Survey_Men
4. HPHEPP Level II_Post Knowledge Survey_Women

The early registration cost is $60 and includes a continental breakfast, lunch, snacks and parking.

Centerforce’s own Executive Director, Carol F. Burton will be speaking at the event!

See the attached flyer for details and registration information!

30th Symposium Brochure

The event will be held on Wednesday, May 9,2012 at the Berkeley Doubletree Hotel in Berkeley, CA from 8am to 4:30.

Centerforce’s own Naomi Prochovnick will be speaking at the event!

See the attached flyer for more information!

Improving HIV Care and Linkage Conference Flyer

Click the link below to read more!

ACLU realignment Report Indicates Many Counties Ill-Prepared for Alternatives to Incarceration

California’s Probation Performance Incentive Funding Program, which took effect in 2010, rewards county probation departments for reducing recidivism by sharing with them about half of the savings that the state realizes by not having to incarcerate violators and repeat offenders. The brief highlights key outcome measures from the program and discusses next steps in California’s performance incentive funding program in light of the recent state-local prison realignment plan.

We hope you find this publication useful to your work in protecting public safety, holding offenders accountable, and controlling corrections costs.

Further reading:

Strengthen Community Corrections

Maximum Impact: Targeting Supervision on Higher-Risk People, Places and Times

Putting Public Safety First

Performace Incentive Funding

Centerforce’s own Executive Director, Carol F. Burton will be speaking at the event!  Be sure to come out and show your support!

See the attacahed links for more information and registration materials.

30th Symposium Brochure

Attached are handouts from a presentation done at CSU Fresno by PhD Candidate Mikko Aaltonen that examined the relationship between socioeconomic status and crime in Finland.

MTC 2012 HS Flyer