A closer look
Cops and Counselors
Mental health professionals call the police, work with the police, and act like the police. But even in our ranks, an abolitionist future is possible.
3 posts in ‘mental health’
Mental health professionals call the police, work with the police, and act like the police. But even in our ranks, an abolitionist future is possible.
Co-opting the language of mental health and treatment, jail expansion is taking root in several cities and localities. But these are cages all the same.
For alternative responses to policing to work and reduce the footprint of the criminal legal system, they must work in concert and holistically to address both immediate and longer-term social…