Mental Health and an End to Solitary Confinement with Mary Buser, Author of Lockdown on Rikers Island Pt. 2

In the second part of this interview with Mary Buser, author of Lockdown on Rikers, and Director of Social Workers and Allies Against Solitary Confinement, Sabrina learns about why there are so many people with mental illnesses who are incarcerated, what mental health and medical professionals do and do not have to do as they provide care for the, and alternatives to the "hammer" approach our system currently employs. 
TIME MARKERS:

4:30 Mandated Reporters of Abuse

11:00 Why Are So Many Mentally Ill People in Jails and Prisons?

17:30 It Isn’t Just Them, It’s Their Families

20:00 Proximity is a Game Changer

23:00 Starting to See Alternatives to the Hammer

25:30 Whatever your politics, PrisonCare is a piece of it

Find Mary Buser at:
https://www.marybuser.com/

Find Social Workers and Allies Against Solitary Confinement at:
https://socialworkersasc.org/

Fine Lockdown on Rikers Island at:
https://www.amazon.com/Lockdown-Rikers-Shocking-Injustice-Notorious/dp/1250077842

Intro/Outro MUSIC CREDIT:
 We've Come A Long Way (No Vocal Version)
 Exzel Music Publishing (freemusicpublicdomain.com)
 Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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