New York is investing in diversion programs, forensic mental health teams, and crisis response systems to keep people with mental illness connected to care – not incarceration.

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(2/2) The ruling ensures the case will proceed on behalf of all people with mobility disabilities who are currently incarcerated or will be incarcerated at Five Points in upstate #NewYork.

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Criminal legal contact is a public health issue. Not a metaphor. Documented consequences rippling across individuals, families, and communities.

MSIS offers teach-ins for nonprofits, agencies, and advocates ready to examine it.

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