Coordination and Communication are Key to Improving Mental Health and Criminal Justice in America
Blog, Childhood, Corrections, Data, Education, Employment, Health Care, Housing, In the News, Justice, Policy & Culture Change, Public Safety, ReentryMental health and criminal justice are a tangled mess in communities all across the country. Rather than supporting health from childhood through old age, our social systems show hardly any signs of understanding mental health at all. We...
National Public Defenders Summit Directives Document Now Available
Blog, Justice, Policy & Culture ChangePublic defenders from around the country convened in Denver this spring for the first of its kind event to build consensus for policy and practice reforms. Top defenders from 21 states and the District of Columbia met for two days to ...
Meet Equitas Project Summer 2018 Undergraduate Intern Zena Jahmi
BlogDid you know? The Equitas Project offers internships year-round. These internships offer in-depth experience in the mental health and criminal justice advocacy arena. This summer at Equitas, we have two undergraduate interns and one mast...
Meet the Equitas Project Summer 2018 Practicum Student Lindsay Houston
BlogDid you know? The Equitas Project offers internships year-round. These internships offer in-depth experience in the mental health and criminal justice advocacy arena. This summer at Equitas, we have two undergraduate interns and one mast...
Meet Equitas Project Summer 2018 Undergraduate Intern Sarah Wiener
BlogDid you know? The Equitas Project offers internships year-round. These internships offer in-depth experience in the mental health and criminal justice advocacy arena. This summer at Equitas, we have two undergraduate interns and one mast...
Mental Health Awareness Month 2018
BlogWhere does culture end and the brain begin? The truth is, our culture simultaneously creates and is created by our brains. As the brain receives information from the environment, it creates linkages, pattern recognition, and meaning. We ...
A Criminal Past, an Unwritten Future
In the NewsTheir message to these young men was simple: “You may be locked up, but your mind can still be free.” Over time, what started as a book club transformed into a robust operation that supports D.C. men from the day they are arrested to...
Celebrities Highlight Mental Health Issues
In the NewsAs the stigma surrounding mental illness has declined in recent years, so has the reluctance many have had to discuss their own mental health issues, including celebrities. It’s become the new norm for stars to divulge vulnerabilities ...
Spring in Review: Disentangling Mental Health & Criminal Justice with the State of Indiana and with National Public Defenders
BlogThis spring, Equitas has been active with projects in several states, completing work in Indianapolis and Denver to convene stakeholders at the intersection of mental health and criminal justice. For the second year, Equitas partnered wi...
Expanding the Presence of Law Enforcement in Schools Takes Us Farther Off Course
BlogIn the wake of the Parkland, Florida shooting in February, legislators around the country have been working to do something to address the vulnerability of schools to such attacks. One answer? Put more police on school campuses. Beefing ...