Sylvia Mignon

As a professor of criminal justice, I can easily attest to how the criminal justice system worked on behalf of judges, attorneys, probation officers. People who work in the system and don't have enormous or much regard for defendants and those who must come into contact with the system. I hark back to the work of a sociologist, Max Weber. who did a lot of work on bureaucracy.

And the idea of developing bureaucracy is about making work more efficient, how to get things done. Well, what's happened in the mental health field and criminal justice is that the bureaucracies work on behalf of themselves, leaving defendants, clients, and their families without the help they need. So yes, we need more education of how people who are different, people who need extra help.

And the idea of developing bureaucracy is about making work more efficient, how to get things done. Well, what's happened in the mental health field and criminal justice is that the bureaucracies work on behalf of themselves, leaving defendants, clients, and their families without the help they need. So yes, we need more education of how people who are different, people who need extra help.

And the idea of developing bureaucracy is about making work more efficient, how to get things done. Well, what's happened in the mental health field and criminal justice is that the bureaucracies work on behalf of themselves, leaving defendants, clients, and their families without the help they need. So yes, we need more education of how people who are different, people who need extra help.

And I fear we're going to see families without the help they need.

And I fear we're going to see families without the help they need.

And I fear we're going to see families without the help they need.

Well, we do that by modeling interventions and behaviors. I'm happy to say there are still a number of people working in criminal justice and in the mental health field who are committed to to working with individuals and families. So we do that one client at a time. We do that by speaking out about the things that are not working well. I'll give you an example in Massachusetts.

Well, we do that by modeling interventions and behaviors. I'm happy to say there are still a number of people working in criminal justice and in the mental health field who are committed to to working with individuals and families. So we do that one client at a time. We do that by speaking out about the things that are not working well. I'll give you an example in Massachusetts.

Well, we do that by modeling interventions and behaviors. I'm happy to say there are still a number of people working in criminal justice and in the mental health field who are committed to to working with individuals and families. So we do that one client at a time. We do that by speaking out about the things that are not working well. I'll give you an example in Massachusetts.

The governor has decided to close a 16-bed psychiatric unit on Cape Cod called Potassant Mental Health. I worked with people who worked there over 40 years ago, and now it's too expensive, and now they want to cut the staffing. It shows incredible ignorance. to think that Massachusetts can do with fewer psychiatric beds when many more are needed. And the other day, there was the opportunity to

The governor has decided to close a 16-bed psychiatric unit on Cape Cod called Potassant Mental Health. I worked with people who worked there over 40 years ago, and now it's too expensive, and now they want to cut the staffing. It shows incredible ignorance. to think that Massachusetts can do with fewer psychiatric beds when many more are needed. And the other day, there was the opportunity to

The governor has decided to close a 16-bed psychiatric unit on Cape Cod called Potassant Mental Health. I worked with people who worked there over 40 years ago, and now it's too expensive, and now they want to cut the staffing. It shows incredible ignorance. to think that Massachusetts can do with fewer psychiatric beds when many more are needed. And the other day, there was the opportunity to

to come before officials and talk about what should happen. A lot of people came. They stood up. They spoke against this. They told the stories of clients and families who need these services. There were people who came in the flesh, people who came via Zoom. I was one of the Zoom folks. That's how I know. So standing up is a critical part of getting attention.

to come before officials and talk about what should happen. A lot of people came. They stood up. They spoke against this. They told the stories of clients and families who need these services. There were people who came in the flesh, people who came via Zoom. I was one of the Zoom folks. That's how I know. So standing up is a critical part of getting attention.

to come before officials and talk about what should happen. A lot of people came. They stood up. They spoke against this. They told the stories of clients and families who need these services. There were people who came in the flesh, people who came via Zoom. I was one of the Zoom folks. That's how I know. So standing up is a critical part of getting attention.

But I've also seen politically when people are so concerned about their own needs, when they don't have enough to eat, when they don't have adequate housing. It's very difficult to be concerned about problems of others. And that's what we seem to be doing in politics today, rather than focusing on all that we have in common. Some of the other things we do is we promote programs that

But I've also seen politically when people are so concerned about their own needs, when they don't have enough to eat, when they don't have adequate housing. It's very difficult to be concerned about problems of others. And that's what we seem to be doing in politics today, rather than focusing on all that we have in common. Some of the other things we do is we promote programs that

But I've also seen politically when people are so concerned about their own needs, when they don't have enough to eat, when they don't have adequate housing. It's very difficult to be concerned about problems of others. And that's what we seem to be doing in politics today, rather than focusing on all that we have in common. Some of the other things we do is we promote programs that

that look to identify the things we have in common. For example, I've practiced yoga for 39 years and I teach yoga at my local senior center. Yoga practices Talk about the importance of coming together, of supporting one another, of being aware of what's happening around the world and staying engaged. Too easy these days to say, I've got my, I've got what I need, see you, bye.