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‘Criminalizing Homelessness Violates the Constitution’ Report. “the Justice Collaborative has published a white paper, authored by constitutional law scholar Peter Edelman, explaining why the laws criminalizing homelessness around the country, violates the constitution.”

“the Justice Collaborative has published a white paper, authored by constitutional law scholar Peter Edelman, explaining why the laws criminalizing homelessness around the country, violates the constitution.” SUMMARY: The Justice Collaborative Institute, “Criminalizing Homelessness Violates the Constitution,” May 2020…

UC Berkeley School of Public Health Releases New Report on COVID-19 Homeless Response

For the good of us all: Addressing the needs of our unhoused neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic Read the Full Report >>>>> Executive Summary As medical practitioners, public health professionals, and social scientists who are members of the UC…

Care Not Cops Community Report | Building Care: Portland Communities Respond to the Violence of Policing

This 2019 report, the first volume in an on-going series, compiles eleven organi-zations’ experiences with policing in Portland and some of their ideas for building genuine care and safety for their community members. Care Not Cops Portland (CNC) surveyed a…

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Essay: What I learned about police while homeless

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When I lost my sublet and joined the community of people living at a fixed address, I found that police perceived me as a danger.

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This guy's story is all too common, but one part of it that's not mentioned is what happened to his 6th Amendment right to counsel from the time of his very first court date? Seems that competent counsel could have prevented this horror from the beginning, and it's a fact that right to counsel failures are systemic all across the country, especially in the context of indigent people being brought up on petty and even unconstitutional charges.