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The period immediately after release from prison is one of the most vulnerable for people with chronic illnesses. The Post-Release Wellness Project (PRWP) is an innovative model designed to promote the health and well being of newly released prisoners–Community Health Workers are at the heart of its success. The model has been developed through the partnership of three organizations: Transitions Clinic, the Health Education and Community Health Studies Department of City College of San Francisco, and Legal Services for Prisoners with Children … (full text Making the Transition).
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Address: Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, 1540 Market Street, Suite 490, San Francisco, CA 94102;
Contact. (415) 255-7036, e-mail.
LSPC Celebrates 30 Years: This year, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) proudly celebrates 30 years of organizing against the prison industrial complex.
Over the past three decades, LSPC has seen the collapse and re-birth of the anti-prison movement while also witnessing the incredible growth and devastating effects of the prison system on people in prison, their loved ones and the broader community. Through it all, we have not only survived, but changed and grown to meet new challenges. We were born from the incredible vision of our beloved Founding Director, Ellen Barry, who started LSPC in 1978 with the help of two small grants from the Berkeley Law Foundation and the New York Public Interest Law Foundation. In the ensuing 30 years, we’ve expanded from a one-person legal services agency to a nationally-renowned organization of 15 people with a $1 million budget.
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