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.

    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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