What would happen if, instead of doling out punishment, the justice system integrated trauma-informed care to address a foundational cause of mass incarceration? For the May/June 2021 issue of the Networker, Content Editor Meaghan Winter reported on a movement to do just this.
In the following interview, Meaghan sat down for a live conversation with Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren, pioneer of America’s first mental health court and author of “A Court of Refuge.” The pair discussed Lerner-Wren’s activism, in addition to the concept of therapeutic justice, mental health care reform, and much, much more.
