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Audio From A Seminar On "The Mental Health System and the Prison System"
Audio From Saturday August 6th, from 2 PM to 4 PM, at the Berkeley
Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (Cedar & Bonita)
Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (Cedar & Bonita)
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The seminar discussed the inter-workings of the Mental Health System with Prisons, the Criminal Justice System and the California Youth Authority. It dealt with racism and abuse endemic to all these systems and there was also discussion on how fear, discrimination, and economic forces play a role in shaping these systems.
Speakers included Peter Maiden, Mesha Monge-Irizarry and Andrew Phelps.
Peter Maiden is an investigative journalist and photographer with Indybay, who's whose recent work has focused on
law enforcement abuse of the mentally ill.
Mesha Monge-Irizarry is the creator of the Idriss Stelley Foundation and mother of Idriss Stelley, a young man with a psychiatric diagnosis who was killed by SF Police.
Andrew Phelps talked about the police and the mental health system's abuse of Jose Rangel.
Speakers included Peter Maiden, Mesha Monge-Irizarry and Andrew Phelps.
Peter Maiden is an investigative journalist and photographer with Indybay, who's whose recent work has focused on
law enforcement abuse of the mentally ill.
Mesha Monge-Irizarry is the creator of the Idriss Stelley Foundation and mother of Idriss Stelley, a young man with a psychiatric diagnosis who was killed by SF Police.
Andrew Phelps talked about the police and the mental health system's abuse of Jose Rangel.
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