S1 Episode 7: The Baker Act

What is the Baker Act? In this episode Jesse interviews Bacardi Jackson from the Southern Poverty Law Center about The Baker Act, a mental health law in Florida that was used to involuntarily detain children over 37,000 times in one year.   Guests in this episode are: Bacardi Jackson: https://www.splcenter.org/about/staff/bacardi-jackson   Southern Poverty Law Center: https://www.splcenter.org/ Costly and Cruel: https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/com_special_report_baker_act_costly_and_cruel.pdf   Episode transcript: https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables1-episode-1transcript/2022/2/14/s1-episode-7-baker-act-transcript   Committable is produced by Jesse Mangan, Jim McQuaid and Michelle Stockman. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

Fecha de Publicación: 27 de abril de 2021

Duración: 26 min