Project Inclusion: Justice System

Everything Becomes Illegal: How Court-Imposed Conditions Set People up to Fail

"Conditions of release" are widely applied to people involved with the criminal justice system, but police- and court-imposed conditions have a particularly harmful effect on those who are homeless and people who use substances. Conditions are being applied in a way that fails to acknowledge the complexities of homelessness and substance use, and therefore, are trapping people in a cycle of criminalization and actually producing criminality that undermines health and safety.

Read the other chapters of #ProjectInclusion:

Policing: The Impacts of Police and Policing
Services: No Access, No Support: Service Gaps and Barriers
Stigma: Making Stigma Visible – Why a Stigma-Auditing Process Matters for BC
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