![]() Alisa Roth’s 38 minute speech is followed by some responses to audience questions. ![]() Use the audio player above to listen to the program. This year’s theme, “From Mental Illness to Public Wellness,” examines the challenges faced by people with mental illness in the criminal justice system. Insane takes journalist Alisa Roth deep inside our prisons and jails to show how and why they have become warehouses for people with mental illness, institutions rife with improper treatment and outright abuse. Roth spoke at the “Understanding and Responding to Mass Incarceration” event this month, which is an annual Metropolitan State University student forum with community participation. Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. I’m hopeful that there’s the will to do it, and we just need to figure out how.” Insane: Americas Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness 1st Edition is written by Alisa Roth and published by Basic Books. She concluded her talk by saying, “the most hopeful thing I’ve heard is that what everyone agrees on is that what we’re doing right now is not working, and that we need to change it. Roth said there is a lack of resources, understanding and political will, and we need a broader range of options for mental health care. Many people with mental illness also have substance use disorders. ![]() Police training about mental health is very minimal, Roth says, so when police encounter somebody who is in the throes of a mental health crisis, it is inevitable that “we fail a lot of people.” Many experts wonder why police are being asked to respond to mental health calls. ![]() “Why is calling 911 the only option?” she asks. A quarter of fatal police shootings involve a person with mental illness. ![]()
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