Guide for Advocacy Countering Criminalization of Mental Illness

The Urban Justice Center and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of New York State have published a guide for family and friends of people with mental illnesses who go to prison. The guide outlines services available for people with mental illnesses in prison and describes how family members can advocate for the person in prison while getting support for themselves. It also details how to become active in larger advocacy efforts countering the criminalization of mental illness.

The publication can be downloaded at: www.urbanjustice.org/pdf/publications/mhp_08sept10.pdf  Published in "National Association of Peer Specialist Newsletter—Fall 2010" reposted at http://darkestcloset.blogspot.com/