On Calls to "Reopen the Asylums" w/ Liat Ben-Moshe, Leah Harris and Vesper Moore (10/11/23)
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Carceral Humanism and the Need for Community Care
This chapter explores the concept of carceral humanism and discusses the growing trend of using prisons and jails as mental health facilities. It highlights the need for models of community care instead of psychiatric institutions and urges listeners to question the rhetoric that jails are the new mental asylums. The chapter also delves into the complexities and challenges within disability activism and emphasizes the importance of examining these issues.
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