There are real vehicles for change to provide the compassionate response that people with mental illness deserve.
Until workable diversion systems are widely available, people with mental illness need access to appropriate care within jails and prisons.
The Cost of Criminalizing Serious Mental Illness
Criminal Justice Involvement of People with Serious Mental Illness
What Is Mental Health Probation?
He’s Not a Criminal, He’s in Crisis
Black Mental Health and the Importance of 988 Legislation
The Voices that Caused Me to Lose Everything
Neuroplasticity II: Recovery After Jail
Neuroplasticity: How I Survived Psychosis and Jail
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