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Systemic, Racial Justice–Informed Solutions to Shift “Care” From the Criminal Legal System to the Mental Health Care System

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<strong><strong>System</strong>ic</strong>, <strong>Racial</strong><br />

<strong>Justice–Informed</strong><br />

<strong>Solutions</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Shift</strong><br />

<strong>“<strong>Care</strong>”</strong> <strong>From</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Criminal</strong> <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>System</strong><br />

<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Mental</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />

<strong>Care</strong> <strong>System</strong><br />

Sarah Y. Vinson, M.D.<br />

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics<br />

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences<br />

Morehouse School of Medicine<br />

Principal Consultant<br />

Lorio Forensics<br />

svinson@msm.edu<br />

Andrea L. Dennis, J.D.<br />

Associate Dean for Faculty Development<br />

John Byrd Martin Chair of Law<br />

University of Georgia School of Law<br />

aldennis@uga.edu<br />

<strong><strong>System</strong>ic</strong>, <strong>Racial</strong> <strong>Justice–Informed</strong> <strong>Solutions</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Shift</strong> <strong>“<strong>Care</strong>”</strong> <strong>From</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Criminal</strong> <strong>Legal</strong> <strong>System</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Mental</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Care</strong> <strong>System</strong> 7

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