Adapting the Public Health-Focused Norwegian Resource Team Model to End Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons (PID138)

9.45am – 10.30am EDT, 26 October 2022 ‐ 45 mins

Plenary

We will describe the Norwegian “Resource Team” model as an approach to reducing the use of solitary confinement among people with serious mental and behavioral health problems and we will describe the partnership between Amend and the Norwegian Correctional Service that has successfully adapted this approach for use in US prisons.

Speakers

Cyrus Ahalt

USA

Tom Eberhardt

Senior Advisor, Norwegian Correctional Service (KDI), and Senior Program Manager, Amend, Norway

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Lance Graham

Sergeant, Stafford Creek Corrections Center, Aberdeen, WA, USA

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Tom Eberhardt

Senior Advisor, Norwegian Correctional Service (KDI), and Senior Program Manager, Amend, Norway

Tom Eberhardt is a Senior Adviser for the Norwegian Correctional Service (KDI) and Amend Norwegian Director. He was educated at the Correctional Service of Norway Staff Academy as a prison officer and has higher education in economics and crisis management. Tom worked 26 years in different prisons in Norway and held several management positions. Tom was the Warden at Bastøy Prison for six years. Since February 2020, he has worked full time for Amend.

Lance Graham

Sergeant, Stafford Creek Corrections Center, Aberdeen, WA, USA

Hello my name is Lance Graham, I am a Sergeant at Stafford Creek Corrections Center located in Aberdeen WA. The majority of my career has been working in the Restrictive Housing Unit at Stafford Creek. In April of 2022 I was given the opportunity to begin working with Amend, Norwegian Correctional Services, and to build a Resource Team from the ground up at our facility. The process has been very rewarding and I am honored to be part of bringing this change to our state. Thank you for having me and I look forward to meeting lots of new people, and learning new things.