18th Annual ACCJH Conference

The Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health, hosted by ACCJH and supported by ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School, is an annual peer-reviewed conference that highlights emerging research and policy across the criminal legal field and supports the ACCJH mission to improve evidence-based practices and policies to improve the health of justice-involved populations. It is an interdisciplinary conference bringing together researchers, clinicians, public health experts and policymakers to meet this objective.

This year, the overarching topic will be on research, practice, and advocacy efforts to reform unjust policies and laws and the use of policies to ensure health equity for individuals impacted by the criminal legal system. Our scope will be broad and include policies by the local, state or federal government, jail or prison agencies, re-entry policies, probation/parole, housing, food, employment, hospital/health-care policies, immigration policies and more. While this is the theme for Keynote and Plenary speakers, we also look forward to discussions that address a wide array of topics relevant for individuals and agencies at the intersection of health and criminal legal systems.

We hope you join us for an event rich in learning, networking, and sharing best practices.

Registration information will be available soon.