New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation

New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation


Policing, Race, and a Crisis in Mental Health

June 01, 2021

One of every four people killed by police is experiencing a mental health emergency. Changing how we respond to crisis in the moment, and to widespread, ongoing mental health needs, means deferring to the leadership of people with lived experience and putting racial equity at the center of every reform. On today’s episode, listening to the people who know how to fix systems, because they’re surviving those systems’ harms.


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