Shownotes
Episode 4: Jails
Episode transcript here.
In this episode we talk about mental health in jails – what mental health care looks like in jails, how people with disabilities navigate and experience jail, and how activists and organizers have addressed the mental health crisis in urban jails in Washington. We speak with Jordan Landry, Tony Tyson, Leslie McCallum, KL Shannon and Patreece Spence. Content warning: this episode includes first-hand accounts of police violence, unhealthy jail conditions, and suicidal ideation.
Relevant news articles
Guy Oron, Advocates call for shutdown of King County jail after mounting death toll in facility
Lauren Reichenbach - Investigation into Tirhas Tesfatsion’s death says jail officers failed to perform their duties, violated public trust
Robert Mittendorf, Proposed agreement spells out Whatcom County jail construction and operations
Resources
Jack Norton, Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, and Judah Schept, The Jail is Everywhere: Fighting the New Geography of Mass Incarceration
Shut Down King County Jail - https://www.shutdownkcj.com/
No New Lynnwood Jail - https://www.nonewjail.com/
Disability Among Prison and Jail Inmates - https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/dpji1112.pdf
Washington State Jail Standards Task Force - https://www.atg.wa.gov/task-forces#JailStandards
Unchain Whatcom - https://unchainwhatcom.com/no-new-jail/