A scandal is happening in Austin, Texas: A few Democrats are trying to ram through an unpopular $80 million new jail for women funded by local taxpayers. Worse, they are marketing the project as a "Trauma Informed" place for poor women so they can trick well-meaning voters. (1)
As medical experts have explained, it is not possible to provide "trauma informed" care inside a human caging facility. (2) snehalalu.medium.com/support-commun…
The $80 million plus the $700 million Travis County later plans to spend on more human caging would make a huge difference in the lives of vulnerable people if it was spent on housing, treatment, violence interruption, education, and support services. (3)
It's disheartening that the radical plan to increase the size of the punishment bureaucracy is misusing the legacy of jail conditions scholar @mydeitch even though women's pop. is at record lows. I hope Michele will come out against it and help give Austin a new vision. (4)
It's profoundly sad to see the work of professors like @mydeitch misused and weaponized by Democratic politicians to convince the public to support more carceral violence that benefits developers, prison contractors, + police unions but takes money away from communities. (End)
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