Prison health is... an end to the over-incarceration of indigenous, black, and racialized people.

Mosaic made in collaboration with PASAN staff, community members and ReDefine Arts (fka Red Dress Productions).

No one is left behind

Prison health is... accessible, culturally safe and informed healthcare.

Mosaic made in collaboration with PASAN staff, community members and ReDefine Arts (fka Red Dress Productions).

Breaking fences

Prison health is... an investment in social supports, 
so communities have what they need to thrive.

Mosaic made in collaboration with PASAN staff, community members and ReDefine Arts (fka Red Dress Productions).

Nobody fails here

What is PASAN?

PASAN is a community-based Harm Reduction/HIV/HCV organization that provides support, education, and advocacy to, for, and with individuals who are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated.

PASAN old logo

A sketch of PASAN's old logo

Our Mission

PASAN is committed to prison abolition and to developing community-based transformative justice alternatives. We know that meaningfully addressing violence, meeting the needs of survivors, promoting accountability, creating capacity for change, and fostering collective safety and wellbeing requires nothing less. 

As we work to build that future, we also strive to protect the rights, dignity, autonomy, and humanity of those who are currently incarcerated. We support and safeguard prison health and prison justice within a harm reduction framework–without ever losing sight of the fact that prisons are fundamentally unhealthy and unjust.

Artwork by Peter Collins, a regular Cell Count contributor before his passing

Peter Collins Art

Our Work and Programming

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