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I cannot find a precise statement, but it appears that they are grant/unviersity funded research.
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The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhoad Island
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According to the Center, due to a compelx system of policies and practices an epidemic of incarceration has occured that has impacted a large population of the United States, particulary those who struggled with addiction, substance abuse, or mental illness. The public health system, especially in relation to prison, has failed to address these issues properly over the past decades. Due to these systemic issues and their symptoms growing in impact and importance, the Center was created. (They didn't go into specific events or even specific issues, general policy and health problems.)
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The articles that I found generally regarded the program as very successful for enacting many real changes in policy regarding prisoners. I didn't find anything negetive.
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Mission statement "The Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights seeks to improve the health and human rights of criminal justice populations through education, research, and advocacy."
The Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights wants to use research on at-risk populations, such as those in prisons, and develope strategies into sustainable laws. Because this vision spans both the healthcare and policy for prisoners the program hopes to be able to attain this goal more effectively than if it were not interdisciplinary. A large part of their platform is advocacy. They wish to inform policy makers, healthcare professionals and indsutry, and the public about prisoners' lives and needs.
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The program's advocacy targets the public, health providers, and policy makers in order to enact real change in the system. It is designed to educate others on prisoners and their issues within the prison system.
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They have a projects and a research division. The whole program primarily consists of MDs and PhDs. They seem to focus their problems on specific issues that affect a great portion of the population.