Center for Health Justice
Center for Health Justice empowers people affected by incarceration to make healthier choices and advocates for the elimination of disparities between prisoner health and public health.
Herb Blake (1947-2012)
Restorative Justice Leader,
CHJ Board Vice Chairman,
Teacher, and Friend,
we will miss you.
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Hotline/Inmate Hotline
Call: 213.229.0979 collect Center for Health Justice has a free national prisoner HIV prevention & treatment hotline service that accepts collect calls from inmates during our regular business hours (Monday-Friday 8 to 3pm).
PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS
Pioneer Awards 2011
Los Angeles-Based Health Justice receives major funding to support HIV services for parolees.
LOS ANGELES, CA -- February 7, 2011 – The Center for Health Justice (Health Justice) is proud to announce the receipt of one of ten national awards to link HIV+ individuals to care and services. The five-year grant comes from the Washington D.C.-based AIDS United through its Access to Care (A2C) initiative...
Click Here For Press ReleasePROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- KEEPING IT REAL
CHJ's new substance abuse education program, "Keeping it Real" will provide critical HIV and substance abuse education through a rotating series of six workshops in jail units that house self-identified gay men (the "K6G Unit" of Men's Central Jail) and women who are housed at the Century Regional Detention Facility (CRDF).
- CHJ'S WOMEN'S PEER EDUCATION PROGRAM
CHJ's Women's Peer Education Program (WPEP), our first treatment-focused intervention with positive women, will meet the unmet education and healthcare access needs of HIV+ and at-risk women in the L.A. County Jail. The goal of WPEP is to educate and empower HIV+ women to stay healthy and advocate for their own healthcare, both during incarceration and after release.
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Blog
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2012 Theme: The End of The AIDS Epidemic is in sight with Prayer, Education, Testing and Treatment!
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NMAC’s Vision To End The AIDS Epidemic In America Ending the Epidemic From Paul Kawata
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OWH Monthly Updates February 2012
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