Comments on: The Stanford Law School reported facts behind our latest video post about mental illness in California prisons

By: Angell

Angell — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 00:27:06 +0000

An update on giving this Stanford Law Review to Judge today. She said, “I LOVE IT! I love this kind of stuff [law reviews, evidence] I will definitely read it!” She then ORDERED, first in closed session, then in open court, that The Sheriff’s Department is to make available Christian Science Textbook, access to phone to call Christian Science Practitioner, Teacher, or Chaplain, and [not exact right now] to make available as much as possible for the inmate to practice his faith.[Christian Science]. She then gave me the name and telephone number to the attorney for the Sheriff’s Department who will do more. I called the attorney and he is looking into where things broke down and making things right. The Sheriff’s department did not have control over the two hospitals involved. All were so nice and genuinely sincere in their remarks and actions. There were other opportunities to share the love of Christian Science in the courtroom today. Thanks again for posting the Law Review.

By: Angell

Angell — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 23:45:13 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this!. As an attorney, I am presenting this to the judge tomorrow in case of an infraction and the horror stories of what went on in the jails/prison/hospitals in the last few weeks. Forced medicine, unauthorized non consensual surgery, bruises all over inmate’s body unaccounted for, non access of faith materials or chaplain, no telephone access to attorney, spiritual advisor, or family for weeks. Thanks again,

By: Karen Schubert

Karen Schubert — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 04:53:34 +0000

The decision as written seems it is the masses. Most have voiced the STOP mass incarceration. The priority should be education and health care. Just getting rid of Death Row alone frees up billions.

By: Jessica Peissig

Jessica Peissig — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 04:36:45 +0000

Thank you for your article regarding the situation of the mentally ill in the prisons. This is very well said. I noticed the situation thirty years ago when a homeless man took me on a tour one night in Seattle. People who once were being helped (and then the programs had shut down) were all piled into old degraded apt buildings with no furniture. I went from room to room of depressed people with nothing. Thirty years later I see by your article the direction it has gone since closing down programs and housing for the mentally ill in the United States.

Clearly this is an insane handling when considering also the cost difference between helping them on the outside, or supporting them in the prisons; and considering this handling fosters greater statistics and bigger situations for the future. Your article says it all.

I want to thank all of you for your work and care here for our brothers and sisters having a tough time, and for letting us know about this.

I had to face a tough situation out in the environment once wherein there was nothing I could do about it; the situation was protected at the top. A question was posed to me from a spiritual source: when you find yourself in a burning city, do you go back in to find out who started it, or do you head out gathering others along the way?

I am inspired by your article to help some of these people. I’m sure that any one us with a heart and God as our inspiration could do a lot to help one person feel better about them self and rise into a higher ground of sanity. It is definitely worth trying.

The Bible has all the answers of how to get through these times we are in now. Any of us who are Christians can share these answers with those with no answers to bring them up into the light of not feeling alone, feeling supported and valuable, of finding a purpose and rising out of the ashes. So I’m going to look into this.

Thank you again for your work and sharing this information!