Lookout recently published an op-ed written by a couple of members of our Care Not Cages group, responding to a recent Lookout interview with Sheriff Clark where he floated an idea to build a mental health jail. We know that jail is not treatment, and incarceration only deepens trauma and mental illness.
From the article’s quick-take:
“Instead of building new jail cells, they believe Santa Cruz County should invest in robust community mental health services, diversion programs, bail reform and early intervention that keep people out of jail and connected to care.”
Read the op-ed here.
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