Health through Walls
PLEASE READ ABOUT OUR WORK IN PRISONS IN HAITI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, JAMAICA, MOZAMBIQUE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC & MALAWI IN OUR "WHERE WE WORK" SECTION.
READ OUR END OF 2023 NEWSLETTER.
Gross overcrowding forces many prisoners to stand to sleep. Lack of space and exercise can cause swelling of feet from insufficient circulation.
"Adequate prisoner health not only controls infectious disease, but also contributes to safe, secure, and humane institutions - part of establishing a society of justice, prosperity and peace."
-- Dr. John May, President, Health through Walls
Health through Walls works with prison authorities in low-resource countries to implement sustainable systems to develop their capacity to provide incarcerated persons with meaningful health services. Our priority is the prevention, identification and treatment of infectious and contagious disease -- particularly HIV, AIDS, TB, Cholera and Hepatitis C.
Please join us on this important mission and journey!
CALL TO ACTION - SOLIDARITY APPEAL TO RAISE $50,000
PLEA FOR SUPPORT
As Prisons Are Attacked, Correctional and Healthcare Staff in Haiti Need Your Help
Your humanitarian support is urgently needed to help our correctional and healthcare colleagues in Haiti who are facing extreme risks and challenges while working to maintain the safety, security, health, and well-being of people in the prisons in Haiti. With no functional government, prolific gang violence, and outages of food, power, and fuel, staff in the Haitian correctional system strive to deliver essential services while caring for themselves and their families.
On March 2, 2024, two of the largest prisons near the capitol city of Port-au-Prince were attacked by gangs, emptied of thousands of persons incarcerated, and set afire. Gang violence has also forced the closure of the wharf and airports and driven up food and fuel prices to record highs. Support for the staff and residents of the remaining prisons is urgent and necessary. Correctional officers continue to provide care and security at prison locations and staff from Health through Walls (HtW), an NGO supporting prison health systems, continue to assist in meeting medical needs of those incarcerated.
We are raising funds through this 'solidarity appeal' for individual staff members so that they can meet their own and their family's needs while continuing the essential work in prisons. If we act now, we can support staff, uphold the rule of law, and prevent unnecessary deaths in custody. The situation is critical. There are hundreds of staff who urgently need your help.
Call to Action
- For $5, clean water and food for individual staff for 1 day.
- For $35, clean water and food for individual staff for 1 week.
- For $100, clean water and food for individual staff and their family for 1 week.
- For a moment of your time, please raise awareness by sharing information about the crisis on social media and with your friends and family.
