Lello Tesema (@ltesema) 's Twitter Profile
Lello Tesema

@ltesema

Primary care doc | Director of Population Health at LA County Correctional Health Services | Student of social movements | Frm @RWJFCSP | Views my own

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If a 15 year old can't buy beer or vote, they shouldn't be sent to adult courts. Yet, CA law sanctions this. Help us change CA law. Call your senator and say #PassSB1391 fairsentencingforyouth.org/take-action/ #LifeAt14 #NoPlaceForAChild

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"We must commit to protecting those who risked everything to protect us." Our piece on deported veterans. statnews.com/2017/12/19/vet…

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Instead of treating the wounds of war, we punish people like Armando with prison, deportation, and the loss of much-needed health care buff.ly/2D1AlQe

Jonathan Giftos, MD🗽🚵🏼‍♂️ (@jongiftosmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tapering jail-incarcerated patients off their methadone-the gold standard tx for OUD, shown to ⬇️OD death rate by 50%-so patient can accept a residential "treatment alternative" in drug court (most residential programs cannot accept pts on MMT) simply shouldn't have to happen.

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ICYMI, Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo announces sweeping criminal justice reform proposal for NY State, including ending cash bail for those with misdemeanor or nonviolent felony charges: bit.ly/2CNrguA

ICYMI, <a href="/NYGovCuomo/">Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo</a> announces sweeping criminal justice reform proposal for NY State, including ending cash bail for those with misdemeanor or nonviolent felony charges: bit.ly/2CNrguA
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"Sexism can be overcome, but it must happen at an institutional level" Essential reading by the brilliant @DrPoorman amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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ACA lowered spending for the most poor. Does affordability = value? Key study by friend Anna Goldman Steffie Woolhandler jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

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"The less we rely on our criminal justice system to solve this public health crisis, the closer we move towards meaningful reform." A narrative piece I co-wrote with @jonathan_giftos for the ABA Judge's Journal. drive.google.com/open?id=0Byheg…

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Study after study shows immigrants commit crime at lower rates than native-born Americans, not higher. journalistsresource.org/studies/govern…

Study after study shows immigrants commit crime at lower rates than native-born Americans, not higher. journalistsresource.org/studies/govern…
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"In 1978, 1,410 black men applied to U.S. medical schools. In 2014, 36 years later, that number was 1,337." @UWSMPH Inaugural Diversity Summit Will Probe Lack of African-American Men in Academic Medicine. ow.ly/BsOi30i473Y #BlackMeninMedicine

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Eye opening talk by Altaf Saadi MD MSc on the call for healthcare professionals to engage and interrogate hostile immigration policies (that pre-date current regime), and proposals for how to protect our patients. #sanctuaryhospitals #BUSPHsymposia x.com/BekRx/status/9…