Alex Barnard

assistant professor of sociology at New York University

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The California Supreme Court declined to block Gov. Newsom’s CARE Court, a plan that could force people with severe mental illness into treatment.

CARE Court will start in CA this fall. What to expect?

The California Supreme Court declined to block Gov. Newsom’s CARE Court, a plan that could force people with severe mental illness into treatment.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Gov. Newsom’s CARE Court would give judges more power to push people struggling with addiction and severe mental illness into court-ordered care.

Newsom wants to force unhoused mentally ill people into treatment. What could that look like?

Gov. Newsom’s CARE Court would give judges more power to push people struggling with addiction and severe mental illness into court-ordered care.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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