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Eight Steps Your Community Can Take To Launch A Jail Diversion Program peteearley.com/2020/12/11/eig… via Pete Earley

Shameful. #MentalHealthMatters

'We should be strong and help each other, not kill each other.'

Here is the audio story you may have heard on WITF news this morning. I'll have a web story that adds some details to this later today.

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1/2 Listening to Danene Sorace, Mayor of Lancaster talk with Scott LaMar. I will be producing a report on Munoz's life soon. Unfortunately, while Munoz's story breaks my heart, it is a common story. People with a serious mental illness are 16 times more likely than others to be killed by police.

Incarcerated instead of in treatment whyy.org/episodes/incar… Thank you Brett Sholtis and @JohnSnookTAC for keeping this issue out in front. We need #AOT in PA to prevent our loved ones with #SMI getting thrown in jail.

Thank you Jo Ciavaglia for keeping this front and ctr. Mental health court would benefit Bucks County, mentally ill defendants, report says buckscountycouriertimes.com/story/news/202… via Bucks County Courier Times

Use of force reports from Bucks County jail offer a glimpse into a criminal justice system unequipped to deal with people who may be having a mental health crisis.

ow.ly/Jrem50Bepqi Brett Sholtis Transforming Health

A detailed look at the crossroads of mental health and criminal justice. Tons of great audio and written work by Brett Sholtis WITF news

Thanks to Brett Sholtis for paying attention to people who too often are ignored. We can and must do better.

Mentally ill and in jail: A mother shares her daughter's story youtu.be/uxq7JuWwvB4 via YouTube
My families struggle to get my daughter the treatment she deserves and is denied by a broken system. @TreatmentAdvCtr #MentalHealthMatters #prisonreform

Behind every loved one with a #SMI and #anosognosia is often a family desperately seeking help for them. #MentalHealthAwareness

'Incidents related to mental health account for 10% of all police calls in the United States, according to a 2015 report by the Treatment Advocacy Center.' Read how Philadelphia is using mobile crisis units to help police respond to mental health crises. bit.ly/3iMREbS

We need to #ReformCivilCommitment Laws so things like what happened to my daughter stop happening. papost.org/2019/07/11/pra…

peteearley.com/2020/08/17/ple… via Pete Earley Janet Hays Mental Illness Policy Org

Finally Progress. I hope.

Bucks eyes mental health court, police co-responder program buckscountycouriertimes.com/story/news/loc… via Bucks County Courier Times

Pennsylvanians deserve strong mental health care beyond emergency departments | Opinion inquirer.com/opinion/commen… via The Philadelphia Inquirer

Shameful neglect of mentally ill is not only inhumane- it's also economically stupid.

Read this comment, & sign the petition. We have to stop using the prison for the Mentally Ill people. It's cruel & unusual punishment. They are abu... chng.it/4dx2KQFy via Change.org #prisonreform #MentalHealthAwareness

This makes so much sense. Keeping our loved ones w/SMIs out of jail can work! Highly recommend watching this series. #MentalHealthMatters Healing Minds NOLA @JohnSnookTAC