Connecting the Dots Between Mass Incarceration, Health Inequity, and Climate Change

Stable housing is a prerequisite for maintaining employment and enjoying decent physical and mental health.7 Yet people ensnared by the criminal justice system are systematically excluded from both private and public housing.7 Furthermore, they are at higher risk for numerous health problems that often require supportive housing, which can cost-effectively reduce reincarceration rates. [...]for decades, hyperpoliced communities have demanded the reallocation of resources away from the police and toward public health and social infrastructures. According to the latest climate-science modeling, feminist social-help policies drive the deepest carbon emissions reductions and greatest resiliency from extreme weather.1 POLITICAL COURAGE AND MOBILIZATION The crises we face share the same fundamental causes, rooted in a system that rewards exploitation and privileges profit over well-being. An IPCC Special Report on the Impacts of Global Warming of 1.5°C Above Pre-Industrial Levels and Related Global Greenhouse Gas Emission Pathways, in the Context of Strengthening the Global Response to the Threat of Climate Change, Sustainable Development, and Efforts to Eradicate Poverty.