periodic reminder that if you send a student to health services and they admit they have been considering suicide, they will be arrested on site (Canada/America).
i have been handcuffed three times and taken to the hospital, where i am guarded by 2 officers.
not care work. 1/
i have been handcuffed three times and taken to the hospital, where i am guarded by 2 officers.
not care work. 1/
2/ and i think this stems from "we want to ensure they get help!" but i'm not thinking that with steel cuffs grinding my wrists when i asked for help. i'm not thinking that when people are afraid of me in the ER. i'm thinking that i should never have admitted anything to anyone.
3/ the protocol is there because when you're suicidal you're a "danger" - but you're creating more harm. and it's TOO easy to lie to ER docs and say you were mistaken or you were "being dramatic" -- with "help" offered like that, who needs enemies?
you have other options. get
you have other options. get
4/ them hooked up with a SW or an ACT. get them hooked up with a subcomm that focuses on mutual aid and mental health. get them a parental figure or trusted ally to go on "weekend watch". our antisuicide policies are carceral. if you don't know that, you're not paying attention.
5/ pinging @SFdirewolf @OpenAcademics @DisInHigherEd @theADHDacademic @DisabledAcadem @QueerDisability and @PhD_Genie to help with anticarceral suicide intervention visibility.
learn more with @deanspade @fireweedHJ Kazu Haga and @AntiCarceral 🖤
learn more with @deanspade @fireweedHJ Kazu Haga and @AntiCarceral 🖤
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