🧵 It was an honor to share space with @NathanLHecht @MarcALevin & Insha Rahman @verainstitute on this urgent conversation. My 13 yr old's feedback was that I spent too much time criticizing & not enough on solutions.
So here we go:
So here we go:
https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/status/1573693740878684160
1) Demand that your county governments use this once in a lifetime opportunity to robustly invest ARPA funds in stable housing, crisis respite units, community based mental healthcare & substance use treatment, instead of wasting it on expanding punitive solutions. #CareNotCages
2) Follow @TxJailProject to learn more about our Community Safety Agenda campaign in Harris county which envisions a people's budget for creating truly safe & healthy communities.
3) Call your state representatives and ask them to unhook #CashBail from pretrial detention.
3) Call your state representatives and ask them to unhook #CashBail from pretrial detention.
4) If you have a loved one with a mental illness and/intellectual disability in the criminal punishment system, call your Local Mental Health Authority, DA & elected officials to advocate for diversion to community based treatment.
5) If your county jail is too full and housing pretrial folkx in other counties, demand data transparency - who's in your jail & why and how much it's costing the taxpayers and does that actually improve public safety. Start a court & jail watching program in your community. /
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