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Nearly *HALF* of the 700,000 people behind bars in U.S. jails -- many of them there because they can't afford money bail -- are people with mental illness.
via @SteveCollNY @NewYorker
newyorker.com/magazine/2019/… #DisabledBehindBars #cripthevote
via @SteveCollNY @NewYorker
newyorker.com/magazine/2019/… #DisabledBehindBars #cripthevote
@SteveCollNY @NewYorker Note: It's not just people with mental illness being warehoused in U.S. jails (and prisons). It's people with disabilities broadly.
People behind bars in U.S. jails & prisons are more than 3x as likely to have a disability than the general population: americanprogress.org/issues/crimina…
People behind bars in U.S. jails & prisons are more than 3x as likely to have a disability than the general population: americanprogress.org/issues/crimina…
Meanwhile: Poor conditions and inadequate access to health care & mental health treatment can not only exacerbate existing conditions -- but also cause disabilities & health conditions people didn't have prior to incarceration.
And the kicker: Many inmates with disabilities are held in solitary confinement—reportedly, in many cases, for their own protection, due to a lack of appropriate alternative accommodations.
Few experiences are as likely to cause or exacerbate psychological distress as solitary.
Few experiences are as likely to cause or exacerbate psychological distress as solitary.
