Mindful Liberation

12/26/2018

People with mental illnesses in jails around the country are routinely dying in horrific ways and under preventable circumstances, a Virginian-Pilot investigation has found.

08/23/2018

Prisoners stand against forced labor and other indignities amid reports of action in California, Washington state and Nova Scotia

04/05/2018

Correctional facilities are contending with tens of thousands of people with mental illness who make up as much as half of their populations.

03/07/2018

Terrill Thomas died after 7 straight days locked in a solitary confinement cell in the Milwaukee County Jail with no water.

03/05/2018

A trial begins today to stop the mistreatment of people in a for-profit Mississippi prison where mentally ill individuals, who are at risk of death and loss of limbs, have resorted to setting their cells on fire to receive medical attention

02/26/2018

12/04/2017

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Lawrence Lindell is like so many of us, struggling with mental health issues amidst a world insistent on putting you through trauma, without the resources to do much about it. But Lindell found a way despite the barriers, creating the powerful graphic novel “Couldn’t Afford Therapy, So I Made Th...

10/12/2017

"It's ok not to be ok. It's not ok not to ask for someone to back you up."

Reach out to someone today if you are struggling. It doesn't have to be a therapist. It can be your neighbor, your friend, or even a stranger on the street.

TW: talk of su***de attempt

08/27/2017

We can't stress enough how much of a monumental problem our justice system has when it comes to disabled and neurodiverse people.

Kate Hooven had a hypothetical question for her son, Ryan. How would he react if he was in court and a judge warned him that if he kept getting in...

03/09/2017

It's tragic how kids that are severely abused by their caregiver, fear for their lives, and kill the caregiver are robbed of their lives twice. They don't choose to be trauma survivors. This place is such a great idea, I just hope they can make it more manageable to live there for these kids.

Estrella Vista is the West taken to its logical extreme—the land of no parents, where a person is just a person, not the sum of his history.

03/02/2017

Another reason to not feel safe talking about our lived experiences on this platform. Be safe when talking about what's been going on with you, even with trusted sources. Try to do it in person if possible.

CW: su***de, invasion of privacy, implications of big brother not liking what depression/extreme states means

Algorithms are being used to offer help to Facebook users who appear to be considering killing themselves.

02/16/2017

Between the DMs and tags, starter packs and TFWs, memes have emerged as a unique language to support our generation's growing mental health dialogue.