Mental Illness Is Not a Crime
Mental Illness Is Not a Crime
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Mental Illness Is Not a Crime: Trailer
In this podcast, listeners will hear experts from across the United States discuss how and why we have criminalized mental illness – and what we can do about it. The challenge is steep. In the U.S., more than two million people wit...
Both Now and After: Does COVID-19 Reframe Our Thinking About Reform?
Advocates discuss how COVID-19 intersects with efforts to reduce the over-incarceration of the mentally ill. The discussion covers many topics related to COVID-19, including how the pandemic increases the urgency to release some individuals int...
Starting Points: How Communities Can Begin Local Responses to Decriminalizing Mental Illness
Community leaders discuss how to begin local efforts to reduce the over-incarceration of the mentally ill. Topics discussed include identifying local “champions,” building alternatives to incarceration in the community, and addressing the under...
The Data-Driven Agenda, Identifying Gaps, Opportunities, and Priorities
Experts discuss the roles and opportunities of data to reduce the over-incarceration of the mentally ill. The discussion focuses on how data can identify local problems, find or develop evidence-based solutions to those problems, and track prog...
Community Best Practices: Approaches to Decriminalizing Mental Illness
Leading experts discuss best practices in communities across the country in response to the over-incarceration of the mentally ill. Specific topics include crisis response, early detection and diagnosis, and mental health courts. The experts fe...