Mirya Holman: One consequence of the SC ruling on homelessness is that it further centers jails (esp rural jails) as THE social service provider in communities. That's... bad. AND it means that sheriffs make policy decisions abt who gets these services. Their individual attitudes matter for these decisions:

One consequence of the SC ruling on homelessness is that it further centers jails (esp rural jails) as THE social service provider in communities. That's... bad. AND it means that sheriffs make policy decisions abt who gets these services. Their individual attitudes matter for these decisions:

Public Officials and a “Private” Matter: Attitudes and Policies in the County Sheriff Office Regarding Violence Against Women*onlinelibrary.wiley.com Objective This article examines sheriffs’ attitudes and their offices’ policies concerning violence against women and assesses the connection between their attitudes and policies. Methods Using da...

Interpersonal violence is a direct contributor to homelessness, esp when people do not have access to services. It means that victims of domestic violence will end up in jail. 19thnews.org/2024/06/ruli...

Ruling on homelessness raises the risks for domestic violence survivors, experts say19thnews.org 57 percent of unhoused women report domestic violence as their immediate cause of homelessness. The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold an Oregon law could further limit their options.

Poorhouses were designed to punish people for their poverty. www.history.com/news/in-the-...

Poorhouses Were Designed to Punish People for Their Poverty | HISTORYwww.history.com In a time before social services, society’s most vulnerable people were hidden away in brutal institutions.

I wouldn't confidently call it a *primary* driver of these moves but I think we really need to be hammering also that because police and prison budgets are beyond scrutiny, finding reasons to juice them creates huge opportunities for grift from service providers

The sheriff is always buddies with the guy who got the food supply contract and is used to being taken to NFL games by guys selling new advanced security systems

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