“Looking back to look forward”: evaluation of a leadership program for prison staff designed to promote public health-focused culture change in US prisons

The Amend Ambassadors program is a novel approach to educating and inspiring correctional professionals to mobilize "ground up" culture change initiatives focused on improving human dignity and health promotion. This formative evaluation provides new insights into the potential for interventions that combine international immersion, health promotion and experiential learning components for fostering leadership and reducing cultural resistance to prison reform among prison workforces.