Psychiatric Care in Crisis
The Emergency Department acts as a safety-net for a failing health system, one that places little value on mental health services.

The Emergency Department acts as a safety-net for a failing health system, one that places little value on mental health services.
The mental health strain of increased isolation, only sporadic access to showers, and a lack of programming pushed many over the edge.
For over a year prisoners were denied our most fundamental support systems.
Incarcerated patients’ suffering is sanctioned by hospitals and medical professionals, despite their pledge to do no harm.
The inability of prisons and jails to address the drivers of and treat substance use disorders is leading to underexplored health ramifications.
For over a year prisoners were denied our most fundamental support systems.
What happens when the profit motive becomes the determinative factor in the provision of health care and is inserted into the prison? Disaster.
The pandemic prison is a harbinger, not an aberration, of the society that creates and maintains it.
Americans are no doubt conditioned to expect spectacular failure in the face of public health crises.
We know that COVID can affect our brains in ways both serious and subtle. How can our law and policy infrastructure understand and deal with its effects?