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California Passes Legislation to Make Racial Justice Act Retroactive, Remove Permanently Mentally Incompetent Prisoners from Death Row
The Death Penalty Info. Center: “One week before passing the Racial Justice for All Act (discussed in detail in the article), the legislature also passed
“We continue to send people with mental disorders to prison, because there seems to be nowhere else for them to go.”
Have jails become the replacement for mental hospitals? https://bit.ly/3UhZIVK Salon.com reports, “researchers looked at data from all 3,141 U.S. counties and singled out variables that could
911 Alternative Discussions for Seattle
(Seattle). Seattle City Council’s Public Safety and Human Services Committee discussed progress on efforts toward alternative 911 responses on Tuesday. City staff and a representative
Second Phase of Gaum’s Mental Health Response Pilot Program
The Guam’s Behavioral Health workforce is taking their Mobile Crisis Response Team services to the next level by launching the second phase of their pilot
Montreal’s First Defund the Police Festival
Montreal’s first ever Defund the Police Festival was held in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on Saturday afternoon. Organizers say the growing movement is often misunderstood and to really
Boulder County Jail inmate with psychiatric disability sues deputies shown punching, kicking him in video
From Boulder’s Daily Camera, Amy Bounds reports on jail staff responding to behavioral challenges with brutality:“During the April 4 incident captured on the body camera,
Court Overturns Ohio Death Sentence After Defense Expert Testifies that One Quarter of Urban Black Men Should be Locked Up or Thrown Away
This story from the Death Penalty Information Center shows some consequences of the racialization of mental health in the criminal justice system: “In a unanimous
Woman held without bail subject to anti-trans harassment & medical neglect
From San Diego Downtown News “In a signed declaration to an attorney and according to her husband, Nikki Yach requested to be placed in Los
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The numbers are striking: This alternative to police is proven to reduce violence. via @MotherJones
The numbers are striking: This alternative to police is proven to reduce violence.
Why don't more people trust it?
www.motherjones.com
Indigenous Australians with disability are missing key supports in criminal justice system. | Disability Support Guide via @TalkDisability_
Criminal justice system not accommodating for people with disability | Disability Support Guide
The criminal justice system is not accommodating for people with disability with several experts and people with...
www.disabilitysupportguide.com.au
San Francisco: The numbers are striking - This alternative to police is proven to reduce violence. via @MotherJones
The numbers are striking: This alternative to police is proven to reduce violence.
Why don't more people trust it?
www.motherjones.com
But do we need a database of disabled people? - This police chief's reforms could be a model for other communities
This police chief's reforms could be a model for other communities
Police encounters with people dealing with mental health issues can go very wrong, very quickly. Often, the presence...
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Morgan County could be getting its own mental health crisis response unit via @R_T_news
Morgan County could be getting its own mental health crisis response unit
A group of local community organizers is leading efforts to mobilize a crisis response unit to manage mental health crises in Morgan County.
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