Urban Justice Center
Submitted by BRICK Winner on Sat, 08/26/2006 - 22:40.
Last updated on Thu, 07/26/2007 - 13:23.
Vital Stats
The Problem
2000 BRICK Award winner Heather Barr worked as a Staff Attorney at the Urban Justice Center in New York City . A formerly homeless teen, Heather wrote a definitive report on the incarceration of people with mental illness, filed a successful lawsuit to compel New York City to provide discharge planning for 30,000 inmates with mental illness each year. She also co-founded the Nathaniel Project, the nation’s first alternative to incarceration program for felony offenders with serious mental illness.
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