Justyna Rzewinski

may commit a crime or do something like it's not because they really want to. First of all, they may be off their medications. They may be experiencing auditory or visual hallucinations. A lot of my, all of my patients that I spoke to on Rikers Island, like they all told me when they were arrested for the crime that, All of them were off their medications.

And like I said, I'm not saying that every person with schizophrenia commits a crime, but they were off their medications. They were living on the street, homeless, riding the train, no support, no help. We as a society, if we really care about community safety and we want everyone to be safe, we have to help these individuals.

And like I said, I'm not saying that every person with schizophrenia commits a crime, but they were off their medications. They were living on the street, homeless, riding the train, no support, no help. We as a society, if we really care about community safety and we want everyone to be safe, we have to help these individuals.

And like I said, I'm not saying that every person with schizophrenia commits a crime, but they were off their medications. They were living on the street, homeless, riding the train, no support, no help. We as a society, if we really care about community safety and we want everyone to be safe, we have to help these individuals.

Yeah. Like I said, just education, because I find that like people are not educated about mental illness and don't really understand it. And like you said, only see certain things on the media. They have so many misconceptions. So working with this population, I tried to address those misconceptions and just educate them and

Yeah. Like I said, just education, because I find that like people are not educated about mental illness and don't really understand it. And like you said, only see certain things on the media. They have so many misconceptions. So working with this population, I tried to address those misconceptions and just educate them and

Yeah. Like I said, just education, because I find that like people are not educated about mental illness and don't really understand it. And like you said, only see certain things on the media. They have so many misconceptions. So working with this population, I tried to address those misconceptions and just educate them and

Like I said, I often talk about, especially when I'm advocating for mental health treatment, that mental health treatment does work because I've seen my patients come back completely different. A lot of them didn't even remember the way they were acting when they were off their medications, completely different people.

Like I said, I often talk about, especially when I'm advocating for mental health treatment, that mental health treatment does work because I've seen my patients come back completely different. A lot of them didn't even remember the way they were acting when they were off their medications, completely different people.

Like I said, I often talk about, especially when I'm advocating for mental health treatment, that mental health treatment does work because I've seen my patients come back completely different. A lot of them didn't even remember the way they were acting when they were off their medications, completely different people.

it's not that like when they're off their medications this is who they are no because like i've seen them be completely different people and i've seen my patients be very sorry about the things they've done and they were genuine about things they did when they were off their medication so it's not like this is who this person is no this is what happens when the person is off their medication but they do have potential and not like i said i've seen it

it's not that like when they're off their medications this is who they are no because like i've seen them be completely different people and i've seen my patients be very sorry about the things they've done and they were genuine about things they did when they were off their medication so it's not like this is who this person is no this is what happens when the person is off their medication but they do have potential and not like i said i've seen it

it's not that like when they're off their medications this is who they are no because like i've seen them be completely different people and i've seen my patients be very sorry about the things they've done and they were genuine about things they did when they were off their medication so it's not like this is who this person is no this is what happens when the person is off their medication but they do have potential and not like i said i've seen it

I could read my eyes. There was a time where right before I left Rikers, I went on somebody else's unit to talk to a staff and a patient came up to me and he was like, hey, do you remember me? And I was like, no, I'm sorry. What is your name? And he told me his name and I could not believe it who I was talking to because when he was on my unit, he was locked in. He was screaming, cursing me out.

I could read my eyes. There was a time where right before I left Rikers, I went on somebody else's unit to talk to a staff and a patient came up to me and he was like, hey, do you remember me? And I was like, no, I'm sorry. What is your name? And he told me his name and I could not believe it who I was talking to because when he was on my unit, he was locked in. He was screaming, cursing me out.

I could read my eyes. There was a time where right before I left Rikers, I went on somebody else's unit to talk to a staff and a patient came up to me and he was like, hey, do you remember me? And I was like, no, I'm sorry. What is your name? And he told me his name and I could not believe it who I was talking to because when he was on my unit, he was locked in. He was screaming, cursing me out.

And he went to OMH. He came back and we were able to have a conversation. And he was like, yes, I'm going to stay on my medication. I took my medication when I was in treatment and it helped and like very motivated to continue a completely different person.

And he went to OMH. He came back and we were able to have a conversation. And he was like, yes, I'm going to stay on my medication. I took my medication when I was in treatment and it helped and like very motivated to continue a completely different person.

And he went to OMH. He came back and we were able to have a conversation. And he was like, yes, I'm going to stay on my medication. I took my medication when I was in treatment and it helped and like very motivated to continue a completely different person.

Yeah, I think what comes up often is people say they shouldn't have committed this crime and they wouldn't be in jail. They shouldn't have done what they did. That comes up so often because people justify it because they don't want to feel bad for the individual or have any empathy for the individual. So they justify and say, these are the consequences. This person committed a crime.