Amy Santoro

Serious Mental Illness is a brain disorder, not a crime.
#DecriminalizeSMI
#TreatmentNotPunishment

Until abortion is legal in every state, lets require men to get a mandatory vasectomy until they are proven emotionally mature, financially responsible and ready to be a father.
Wait, what do you mean regulations on men's bodies make you uncomfortable?

I'm a Canadian living in Phoenix on a Green Card. I've been told that Canada has evolved in how it deals with mental illness. From holding them not criminally responsible to specialized crisis that don't arrest the individual. Arizona is a nightmare for the Seriously Mentally Ill.

Decriminalizing mental illness: 5 years in, El Paso County co-responder unit continues to divert peo... In 2018, Evan Kimball was between housing, finding himself sleeping on friends' couches and, at other times, spending nights on the streets.

This article's premise is false. Police-involved co-response programs are a form of criminalization. They promote contact between people with mental health issues & police. Decriminalizing mental health issues requires shifting away from police-based carceral programs.
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