Each year, millions of
Americans are incarcerated
due to poorly managed
mental health.

Jails & Prisons

have become the Largest

Mental Health

Facilities in the U.S.

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It’s time to promote Mental Health and Freedom
over Punishment and Incarceration

The Equitas Project unites and educates leaders, advocates, and communities working to
improve health outcomes, preserve public safety, and save taxpayer dollars.

We can do better together.

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Facts Everyone Should Know:

Every Year

12 MILLION

People are
Incarcerated.

Prison populations
are at their lowest

since 1996

yet the
United States still
incarcerates more people
than any other nation.

More than

80 Percent

of the 12 million people
serving time in any given
year are doing so for
mental health and
addiction issues.

States with greater

access

to mental health
services have fewer
incarcerated adults.

Please support efforts
to fix this growing problem

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Across the U.S.,
law enforcement,
judicial system,
mental health,
and bipartisan
community leaders

Agree

on how to fix this.
Equitas partners with
these leaders to
accelerate change.

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Each year, millions of
Americans are incarcerated
due to poorly managed
mental health.

Jails & Prisons

have become the Largest

Mental Health

Facilities in the U.S.

It’s time to promote Mental Health and Freedom
over Punishment and Incarceration

The Equitas Project unites and educates leaders, advocates, and communities working to
improve health outcomes, preserve public safety, and save taxpayer dollars.

We can do better together.

Facts Everyone Should Know:

Every Year

12 MILLION

People are
Incarcerated.

Prison populations
are at their lowest

since 1996

yet the
United States still
incarcerates more people
than any other nation.

More than

80 Percent

of the 12 million people
serving time in any given
year are doing so for
mental health and
addiction issues.

States with greater

access

to mental health
services have fewer
incarcerated adults.

Please support efforts
to fix this growing problem

Across the U.S.,
law enforcement,
judicial system,
mental health,
and bipartisan
community leaders

Agree

on how to fix this.
Equitas partners with
these leaders to
accelerate change.

Featured:

Equitas Executive Director Interviewed on Wrongful Conviction // Season 8 Episode 4 // Disentangling Mental Health & Criminal Justice

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Equitas Executive Director Interviewed on Wrongful Conviction // Season 8 Episode 4 // Disentangling Mental Health & Criminal Justice

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Law Enforcement Leaders Agree: Communities Must Step Up to Address Mental Health Needs Preventatively

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Each year, millions of Americans are incarcerated due to poorly managed mental health.

Jails & Prisons

have become the Largest

Mental Health

Facilities in the U.S.

It’s time to promote Mental Health and Freedomover Punishment and Incarceration

The Equitas Project unites and educates leaders, advocates, and communities working toimprove health outcomes, preserve public safety, and save taxpayer dollars. We can do better together.

Facts Everyone Should Know:

Every Year

12 MILLION

People areIncarcerated.

Prison populations are at their lowest

since 1996

yet theUnited States stillincarcerates more peoplethan any other nation.

More than

80 Percent

of the 12 million peopleserving time in any givenyear are doing so formental health andaddiction issues.

States with greater

access

to mental healthservices have fewerincarcerated adults.

Please support effortsto fix this growing problem

Across the U.S.,law enforcement,judicial system,mental health,and bipartisancommunity leaders

Agree

on how to fix this.Equitas partners withthese leaders toaccelerate change.

Featured:

Equitas Executive Director Interviewed on Wrongful Conviction // Season 8 Episode 4 // Disentangling Mental Health & Criminal Justice

Recent Posts:

Equitas Executive Director Interviewed on Wrongful Conviction // Season 8 Episode 4 // Disentangling Mental Health & Criminal Justice

Equitas National Advisor Rick Raemisch Reduced Solitary Confinement in Colorado by 98%. He’s Just Been Named Public Official of the Year.

Law Enforcement Leaders Agree: Communities Must Step Up to Address Mental Health Needs Preventatively

Each year, millions of
Americans are incarcerated
due to poorly managed
mental health.

It’s time to promote Mental Health and Freedom
over Punishment and Incarceration

The Equitas Project unites and educates leaders, advocates, and communities working to
improve health outcomes, preserve public safety, and save taxpayer dollars.

We can do better together.

People are
Incarcerated.

Prison populations
are at their lowest

yet the
United States still
incarcerates more people
than any other nation.

of the 12 million people
serving time in any given
year are doing so for
mental health and
addiction issues.

to mental health
services have fewer
incarcerated adults.

Please support efforts
to fix this growing problem

Across the U.S.,
law enforcement,
judicial system,
mental health,
and bipartisan
community leaders

on how to fix this.
Equitas partners with
these leaders to
accelerate change.