by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Sep 15, 2020 | health care, mental health, mental illness, NCD, non-communicable diseases, policy
5 September 2020 Obscene inequalities. Myths. Changes in government systems. “They tied me up and wanted to kill me.” The Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission released a new report today on addressing NCDs and injuries (#NCDIs) among the world’s poorest 1...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Jun 3, 2020 | criminal justice, jail, mental health, mental illness, prison
Jun 3, 2020 Recidivism dropped from 80% to 25%. Arrests have fallen from 118’000 to 56’000 a year. Jails are closing. The Miami-Dade (Florida, US) Criminal Mental Health Project (CMHP) works with people who have committed crimes and have a mental...