Leah Harris

    Leah is a DMV-based writer and journalist with bylines in Truthout, Disability Visibility Project and Rooted in Rights. Their first book, NONCOMPLIANT: A FAMILY HISTORY OF THE ASYLUM (forthcoming, Haymarket Books) is an account of the violent history—and grim resurgence—of the asylum in American life, told through a multi-generational story of involuntary psychiatric treatment.

    DOJ, VA to Take Legal Guardianship of Unhoused Veterans for “Ongoing Care”

    On March 11, the Department of Justice and the Department of Veterans Affairs jointly ...

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    SF Advances RESET Sobering Center, Over Concerns of Unlawful Detention

    San Francisco is moving forward with plans to open a controversial sobering center, despite ...

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    After “Iryna’s Law,” Behavioral Crisis Response in NC Grows More Carceral

    On February 5, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein (D) signed an executive order titled ...

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    HHS Unveils “STREETS” Initiative, Ramping Up Coerced Drug Treatment

    At a sumptuous resort just outside Washington, DC, on February 2 for “Prevention Day,” ...

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    SAMHSA’s “Assisted Outpatient Treatment” Is Still Civil Commitment

    On January 15, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) hosted a ...

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    Media Exploitation of Reiner Family Tragedy Pushes the Carceral Agenda

    After director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner were found stabbed to death ...

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