Vera Report Links Homelessness to the Criminal Justice System
August 13, 2020
August 13, 2020
NEW YORK, Aug. 13 -- The Vera Institute of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 12:
In a report released today, the Vera Institute of Justice, with support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, highlights the ways the homelessness crisis, now even more dire in the face of COVID-19, is perpetuated by a justice system that criminalizes survival behaviors, fails to account for the impossible odds after arrest, and increases obstacles for people experienci . . .
In a report released today, the Vera Institute of Justice, with support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, highlights the ways the homelessness crisis, now even more dire in the face of COVID-19, is perpetuated by a justice system that criminalizes survival behaviors, fails to account for the impossible odds after arrest, and increases obstacles for people experienci . . .