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Health Promotion Program
Community specialists provided workshops and resource fairs for inmates living with HIV and/or Hepatitis C as they prepare for release.
You can find published papers on this project on our publications page.
Hip Hop
The Health in Prison, Health Outta Prison (HIP HOP) research project was a randomized study conducted in collaboration with UCSF, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS). The project worked with young men at San Quentin State Prison to provide health education and risk assessment and/or three months of prevention case management including: (1) support for risk reduction planning and (2) facilitated referrals for community services.
You can find published papers on this project on our publications page.
P.H.A.T. Project
The Providing Healthy Alternatives for Transition (PHAT) project worked with incarcerated and recently released young African American men from San Quentin State Prison who were returning to San Francisco County. The project promoted awareness of HIV, STD, TB, and Hepatitis risks through a series of health education groups and prevention case management services.
Prison Meditation Project
Centerforce instructors teach anger management, stress reduction and spiritual development to inmates and prison custody staff through half-day, full-day and multiple-day programs. Participants learn mindfulness meditation to work on topics including addiction, anger and violence, and forgiveness.
Centerforce Prison Visitor Center Network
Centerforce was founded in 1975 to provide services to prison visitors. It initially began when The House at San Quentin opened its doors in 1971. While Centerforce was running the Visitor Center Network, it consisted of 31 centers at 33 California state prisons. Services included transportation, clothing exchange, snacks for children visitors, information and refer and a sheltered place for people to wait before and after visiting in prison, a place where they could share a common experience.
Time To Change
Time to Change (TTC) is a coaching, training and empowerment project that offers tools for rebuilding lives of incarcerated individuals. Provided at San Quentin State Prison, TTC uses co-active coaching training to teach individuals to move out of patterns of victimization and into lives of choice, effectiveness and fulfillment.
Click here for information on this program.
Women's Visitor's Project
Trained peer educators provided health outreach and one-on-one support to visiting family and friends at San Quentin State Prison in an effort to build community among women visitors and link them to community resources.
You can find published papers on this project on our publications page.
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