2014 Election: Human Rights for Mentally Ill

WELCOME to "Dog Justice for Mentally Ill" blog! Thank you for coming to help give Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill. Many exciting changes are underway regarding keeping people with serious mental illness out of prisons and jails and improving conditions for those who are presently incarcerated. Our officials are listening to us. We must take full advantage of this election year to push our agenda to decriminalize mental illness in America. Never has so much attention been focused on the plight of our mentally challenged citizens. Make Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill a campaign issue this election cycle.

Wise candidates for elected offices focus on prison reform and treatment for mentally ill constituents and people with substance abuse problems in order to improve community safety and reduce America's huge prison budget. Look for your representatives among the co-sponsors of H.R.3717 - "Helping People in Mental Health Crisis Act," a U.S. Congressional bill that would provide assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) programs, resume Medicaid insurance for psychiatric inpatients in certain facilities, and train our police officers and prison guards in how to apprehend and contain mentally ill people without excessive violence. 

If your representative is not among the H.R.3717's co-sponsors, please urge him/her to join the effort to give Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill and prevent more incarcerations of our most vulnerable citizens:
http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3717/cosponsors

Please send your thanks to Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), who introduced H.R.3717, and congratulate congressional members who showed they care by co-sponsoring this important mental health bill. We presently have 74 co-sponsors for the "Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act," 50 Republicans and 24 Democrats. Ask those who are not among the bill's co-sponsors if they own prison stock that is expected to improve if adequate care is withheld from Americans with serious mental illnesses. Contact your elected officials by using this handy link 
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

Congratulations to U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Karlton in Sacramento, who recently ruled that California's treatment of mentally ill inmates violates constitutional safeguards against cruel and unusual punishment through excessive use of pepper spray and isolation.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/10/california-mentally-ill-inmates_n_5129376.html

Thank you, Judge Kariton and congressional co-sponsors of H.R.3717, for giving Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally ill and reducing the likelihood of future arrests due to lack of treatment. We applaud your commitment to promote the human rights of Americans with mental disabilities and their families. Please read articles in this "Dog Justice for Mentally Ill" blog to see why your commitment is so important. Stories about sick people being killed by untrained police officers, imprisoned in torturous conditions, and denied adequate care are throughout this blog - not to embarrass the USA but to urge Change. We can and must do better. 

Elect people who prove they care about human rights, safer communities, and reducing the prison budget, which is currently over $70 billion annually. 

Mary Neal, director

Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill

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Dog Justice for Mentally Ill

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It would be illegal to keep a dog in a tight space 23 hours a day and gas or Taser him for barking. It would be illegal to put a dog into a deadly restraint chair for control. But this happens to mentally ill Americans routinely in the nation's jails and prisons. What happened to Larry Neal?

Mentally Ill Americans Need Dog Justice. Treat mental illness medically, not legally.

Advocate for U.S. Congress to pass H.R.3717 - Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act.
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