What Amend initiatives have had the biggest impact and what lessons have you learned about the conditions that make reform actually take root inside prison systems?
BW: Some of Amend’s most impactful work has come from sustained partnerships with correctional systems willing to rethink the purpose, culture, and everyday conditions of incarceration. We partner with correctional leaders to integrate humanity, rehabilitation, and health into prison operations; with policymakers to create supportive policies; with incarcerated people as partners to improve institutional culture; and with frontline staff, who ultimately translate policy into daily practice.
