Column: Jailing unhoused people for sleeping in public is no solution to homelessness (via latimesopinion )
We already have an entire economy built around incarcerating people who, in most cases, had homes to go to. What’s to prevent our criminal justice system from monetizing the exploitation of those who don’t?drew a clear line to prevent that, saying a city law “violates the 8th Amendment insofar as it imposes criminal sanctions against homeless individuals for sleeping outdoors on public property, when no alternative shelter is available to them.
The sight of encampments or a homeless person having a mental health episode can be frightening. But the 8th Amendment was established so that the government would not forget the humanity of the people over whom it has power — and in this case, homeless individuals are among the most vulnerable and most marginalized in this society. Surely the law must protect individuals whose only “crime” is having no place to sleep.
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