The 'benevolent' policing of social work and mental health
Ejaz Choudry requested life support and was instead given a death sentence. He joins Rodney Levi, Chantel Moore, D’Andre Campbell, Regis Korchinski-Paquet and hundreds of other deceased victims in the archives of police brutality and neglect — more proof we shouldn’t have needed that police routinely inflict the violence they supposedly exist to counter; that they […]
‘They’re targeting us’: Why some advocates want to defund Canadian police - National | Globalnews.ca
Defunding the police means redirecting the budget for Canada's police forces to other services that focus on social supports and mental health, experts say.
Paying more for policing doesn’t stop or reduce crime
An analysis of trends over the last 20 years in Canada could not find any correlation between increases in municipal police budgets and a reduction in crime rates. There’s another way forward.
The Anti Police-Terror Project is a Black-led, multi-racial, intergenerational coalition that seeks to build a replicable and sustainable model to eradicate police terror in communities of color. We support families surviving police terror in their fight for justice, documenting police abuses and connecting impacted families and community members with resources, legal referrals, and opportunities for healing. APTP began as a project of the ONYX Organizing Committee.
APTP es una coalición multirracial e intergeneracional, liderada por gente Negra. Buscamos construir un modelo replicable y sostenible para erradicar el terror policial en las comunidades de color en los Estados Unidos. Apoyamos a las familias que están sobreviviendo el terror policial en su lucha por justicia. Documentamos los abusos policiales y conectamos a las familias y miembros de la comunidad con recursos, ayuda legal, y oportunidades para la sanación. Anti Police-Terror Project comenzó como un proyecto de Onyx Organizing Committee.Cover image by Brooke Anderson Photography
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‘Motivated and inspired’: California inmates are improving mental health behind bars
Four years after two incarcerated men sought ways to help their peers face mental health issues, Los Angeles County is expanding their successful efforts.
A Judge Asked Harvard to Find Out Why So Many Black People Were In Prison. They Could Only Find 1 Answer: Syst
It wasn’t Black-on-Black crime. Violent video games and rap songs had nothing to do with it; nor did poverty, education, two-parent homes or the international “bootstraps” shortage. When a judge tasked researchers with explaining why Massachusetts’ Black and Latinx incarceration was so high, a four-year study came up…
Criminalizing prostitution leads to an increase in cases of rape, study finds
Sweden's ban on the purchase of sex significantly increased reported rape offenses by approximately 44% to 62% between 1997 and 2014, suggesting unintended negative consequences of the legislation.
