Jonathan Garcia
Join us in advocating for the mental health treatment and release of Jonathan Garcia, CDCR AN0345, currently incarcerated within CDCR. His case highlights the critical need for comprehensive mental health care and compassion in our correctional facilities. Jonathan’s mental health has rapidly deteriorated due to the lack of intervention and support during his time in […]
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Kenneth Fisher
Kenneth Fisher is a person with multiple disabilities. He has been subject to extreme medical negligence. In particular, despite the fact that he has a court order to receive medical treatment, the Bureau of Prisons are still refusing to provide him medical care. Mr. Fisher would like people to know his full story, which can […]
Kourtnee Russo
Kourtnee Russo (22 years) was arrested for “harassment of a public servant in Brazoria County, Texas, while having a psychotic episode. The police officer did not de-escalate the situation, and Kourtnee was arrested for spitting on a police officer. She was placed on three 3-months probation, but was not given mental health support. She then […]
The Problem With How Courts Decide Whether Someone Can Be Executed
“The criminal justice system is unequipped to grapple with the complexity of mental illness.“ In this Slate.com reporting by Maria Armstrong-Lopez, I learned that the 2007 Supreme Court case Panetti v. Quarterman set the standard for when the government can execute someone with severe mental illness. I also learned that, fifteen years later, the state of Texas governor Greg […]
Louisiana: Black mothers are at the center of a fight to keep youth out of adult prison
“Legal advocates say moving incarcerated youth to the once notoriously-violent Angola prison will traumatize them and limit their access to needed programs and services.” Reporting from The 19th: “‘I do not believe Angola is a place for any child, and as a parent, I strenuously disapprove of the decision to move my son and any […]
‘You feel inhuman’: Former Nebraska inmate shares his experience being Autistic and having a mental health disability in prison
“LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A former inmate of the Nebraska prison system is looking for change to be made after an experience he says left him feeling “inhuman.” Cody Shafer, 25, said he still struggles with the ‘PTSD-like’ impact that his time in restrictive housing had on him. While he was incarcerated, Cody spent most […]
Camran Mohammed
Camran Mohammed is a poor, Asian American gay man with psychiatric disabilities currently incarcerated at Theo Lacy in Orange County, California. The state is trying force him to use medication that Camran believes has detrimental impacts on his health. People with psychiatric disabilities deserve to have their personal autonomy respected. Please attend his court hearing […]
Benjamin Cole
With Execution Looming, Judge Denies Competency Hearing for Oklahoma Death-Row Prisoner Death Penalty Info. Center: “Cole’s defense team issued a statement from assistant federal defender Tom Hird in response to the ruling, saying, “Benjamin Cole is incapacitated by his mental illness to the point of being essentially non-functional. His own attorneys have not been able […]
Call to Action: Sal Prasad
Bay Area Reporter: “Several faith-based and human rights organizations have issued a call to action on behalf of Salesh “Sal” Prasad, an LGBTQ community member who’s in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and faces deportation to Fiji. Prasad, 51, is a beloved nephew, uncle, brother, and artist from Modesto, California, the organizations stated in the […]