Confinement isn't Just About Prisons

I’ve been thinking a lot about confinement again.

I am working on an article that is due to come out this winter on gender, medicalization, and incarceration. Watch this space ❤️

Let's define some concepts that are helpful in understanding criminalization of mental illness.⠀
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Slide 2: Institutionalization (e.g., in hospitals) is also confinement. While not analogous to prison, it is interconnected to prison.⠀
Slide 3: Think of confinement as: “Any place, facility, or program where people do not have control over their lives” by Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)⠀
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Confinement isn’t just prisons! Many of those who are confined are confined outside of prisons.