Nova Jaswan akufuna kusiya kugwiritsa ntchito cocaine. Ndipo akufuna kuthandizidwa pazifukwa zina zomwe zimamupangitsa kugwiritsa ntchito kokeni.
“Ndine schizoaffective; Ndili ndi PTSD ndipo ndili ndi vuto la kukhumudwa kwa NOS – osatchulidwa mwanjira ina, “adatero. “Ndipo ndili ndi maphunziro a autism osalankhula mawu ….”
Koma alibe inshuwaransi yaumoyo, ndalama, kapena zoyendera. Palibe ngakhale ID ya boma. Malo okhawo amene watha kupeza chithandizo chamankhwala aliwonse amisala ndi kundende kapena kundende.
Ananenanso kuti anachita manyazi kwambiri moti anasiya mwana wakeyo ndi achibale ake m’malo moti adziwe mmene mayi ake akuvutikira.
“Ndinati, ‘Chabwino, kuli bwino ndikhale mkaidi m’malo mokhala khoswe wa mumsewu, ndipo kuli bwino ndikhale m’ndende kusiyana ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo mumsewu,’” anatero Jaswan.
Polephera kupeza zinthu zokwanira kwina kulikonse, Jaswan, yemwe pano ali ndi zaka 29, adadutsa pa bwalo lamilandu ku Georgia kuyambira 2015 mpaka pomwe adatulutsidwa komaliza kundende mu Meyi 2021.
Ngakhale kuti anathetsa mlandu wake m’khoti mu February 2020, anadikirira mpaka kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino kuti asamukire ku pulogalamu yachipatala imene akanatha kuonana ndi dokotala wa zamisala, kuthandizidwa ndi nyumba, ndiponso kupeza ntchito.
Sali yekha muzochitika zake zozungulira.
Mandende ndi malo ochiritsira matenda amisala m’boma
The Fulton County Accountability Court inati gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a onse omwe akuimbidwa mlandu omwe ali m’ndende yake amalandira mtundu wina wa mankhwala a psychotropic, ndipo oposa 75% amayesedwa kuti ali ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo atafika (kapena kukana kuyezetsa).
Woyang’anira ndendeyi, a George Herron, akuti pafupifupi 60 mpaka 80% ya anthu omwe ali m’ndende ya ndendeyi ali ndi vuto lamisala, zomwe zidamupangitsa kunena kuti Fulton County Jail ndi “chipatala chatsopano chamisala,” alemba Mab Segrest. mu Ulamuliro wa Lunacy: Kusankhana mitundu ndi kuzunza kwa American Psychiatry ku Milledgeville Asylum.
Jail ya Fulton County imatchedwa malo akuluakulu azamisala ku Georgia chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa omangidwa omwe ali ndi matenda amisala. Kaŵirikaŵiri, amakhala alibe malo ena opitira kufikira atapalamula.
Jaswan adavutika ndi pulogalamu yoyamba yolamulidwa ndi khothi, ndipo, atasiya chithandizo msanga, adati adatsekeredwanso mwadala ndikuphwanya mazenera “akuluakulu ngati khomo.”
“Sindinapweteke aliyense, ndikuthokoza Mulungu,” adatero Jaswan.
Anapalamulanso mlandu womwewu kasanu ndi kawiri, akumatera mobwerezabwereza ku Fulton County Jail.
Mtengo wotsekera
Njira imodzi yowerengera ndalama zomwe mkaidi aliyense amawononga ndikutenga ndalama zonse zomwe boma limagwiritsa ntchito kundende ndi kuzigawa potengera kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe ali m’ndende tsiku lililonse. Ndende (mosiyana ndi ndende) ndi ya anthu omwe adapezeka olakwa ndikuweruzidwa kuti akhale m’ndende kwa nthawi yopitilira chaka.
Georgia imawononga pafupifupi $20,000 pachaka, pafupifupi, kwa ogwira ntchito ndi kusamalira ndende ndikupereka ntchito zonse zandende, malinga ndi lipoti la 2015 la Vera Institute of Justice.
Chiwerengero chimenecho sichimaphatikizirapo zotulukapo za chikole, monga mavuto azachuma pabanja la wolakwayo, vuto limene olakwa amakhala nalo popeza ntchito atamasulidwa ndiponso kuwonjezereka kwa mpata woti angalakwitsenso akatulutsidwa.
Kuonjezera apo, oweruza nthawi zonse sapatsidwa chithunzi chonse cha anthu omwe amamangidwa komanso zotsatira za ndalama ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu chifukwa cha zigamulo zawo, malinga ndi kafukufuku waposachedwapa wa ofufuza pa yunivesite ya Georgia.
M’malo mwake, ofufuzawo adapeza kuti oweruza amalandira malipoti oweruza asanaperekedwe milandu omwe amapangidwa ndi otsutsa ndipo amangoganizira za ubwino wokhala m’ndende.
Kafukufuku wa UGA adapeza kuti oweruza adapereka ziganizo zazifupi pamlandu wongopeka atapatsidwa zonse zomwe zingawononge komanso zotsatirapo za kumangidwa kuposa omwe sanatero.
Mkhalidwe wakundende
Jaswan adati adapitilizabe kuchita zaupandu ngakhale akudziwa momwe zinthu zilili mndendemo. Anali m’modzi mwa omwe adayimilira pamilandu yomwe idaperekedwa kwa Sheriff wa Fulton County Ted Jackson, Chief Jailer Mark Adger, ndi akuluakulu ena akundende mu 2019.
Georgia Advocacy Office, bungwe lopanda phindu la anthu a ku Georgia omwe ali ndi zilema ku Decatur adagwirizana ndi Southern Center for Human Rights kuti abweretse mlanduwo m’malo mwa iwo okha komanso omwe ali ndi vuto lamisala omwe adatsekeredwa kundende ya South Fulton Municipal Regional Jail, kapena anali pachiwopsezo cha kutsekeredwa m’ndende.
Ndendeyo, yomwe ili ku Union City, imakhala ndi akaidi osazengedwa mlandu, ndipo imatha kusunga anthu opitilira 325, pafupifupi 40 mwa iwo ndi azimayi. Ili ndi mapiko atatu a amayi omwe ali ndi matenda amisala, ndipo ambiri amakhala okha mu selo imodzi chifukwa amawonedwa kuti akudwala kwambiri kuti agawane malo ndi munthu wina, Southern Center idatero.
Mlanduwo unanenanso kuti azimayi ambiri omwe ali ndi matenda amisala adasokonekera m’malingaliro pomwe adasungidwa mndende ku South Annex yandende.
Mayi m’modzi wazaka 26 yemwe adamangidwa pamilandu yophwanya malamulo komanso kuyendayenda adaloledwa kupita panja kukasangalala kamodzi kokha pakati pa Nov. 3, 2018, ndi Feb. 28, 2019, Woyang’anira wamkulu wa SCHR Sara Totonchi adalemba mu Meyi 2019.
“Kupangitsa zinthu kuipiraipira, chifukwa cha chimbudzi chosagwira ntchito, chipinda cha KH nthawi zambiri chimakhala ndi madzi akuchimbudzi,” adatero Totonchi. “Ayenera kugwiritsa ntchito zofunda zake ndi zofunda zake ngati siponji kapena azikhala ndi madzi akuchimbudzi momuzungulira. Mazuba aano aasala kusyoma maanzi, amulange-lange mbaakani zyakutanda zyamumasena aakusaanguna.”
Jaswan anafotokozanso zomwe anakumana nazo m’ndendemo mofananamo, ndipo anawonjezera kuti pamene chitseko cholemera, chachitsulo cha chipinda chake chinagwira chala chake.
“Kenako ndidawona magazi ndipo ndidakhala ngati, chiyani? Ndipo ndinayang’ana ndipo inali nsonga ya chala changa, mukudziwa, kuposa nsonga yomwe yapita, “adatero Jaswan. “Ndipo ine, mukudziwa, ndinachita mantha.”
Alonda adayitana ambulansi, ndipo chala chake chidasokedwa m’chipinda chodzidzimutsa, koma nsongayo sinathe kulumikizidwanso.
Azimayi ambiri omwe amakhala m’maselo odzipatula ku South Fulton adadzicheka, kugubuduza mitu yawo kukhoma, ndipo ena adayesa kudzipha, mlanduwo udatero.
Mlanduwu unathetsedwa koyambirira kwa chaka chino, ndipo lamulo la khothi tsopano likufuna kuti akazi ku South Fulton Jail azisungidwa m’malo otetezeka, aukhondo, Devon Orland, mkulu wa zamalamulo ku Georgia Advocacy Office adanena.
“Kuwapatsa nthawi yopuma, kuwapatsa chithandizo chamankhwala, zovala,” adatero Orland. “Mwayi wosamba. Chakudya chosawonongeka. Zinthu zina zofunika kwambiri. ”
Kuonjezera apo, ndendeyo iyenera kuthetsa kutsekeredwa m’ndende ndikuwonetsetsa kuti amayi onse omwe ali m’ndendemo amalandira nthawi yokwanira yotuluka m’chipinda, masiku asanu ndi awiri pa sabata, kuphatikizapo nthawi yopuma mpweya wabwino ndi kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi, tsiku lililonse, kumalo osangalatsa akunja.
Kuperewera kwazinthu zaumoyo zamakhalidwe
Chifukwa dziko la Georgia lakhala likukhala pansi m’dzikolo kuti lipeze chithandizo chamankhwala, zomwe zimaphatikizapo kusowa kwa chithandizo kwa ana.
Purezidenti ndi CEO wa Mental Health America Schroeder Stribling adati pafupifupi 60% ya achinyamata omwe ali ndi matenda amisala salandira chithandizo.
“Tikudziwanso kuti achinyamata ambiri amene amalandira chithandizo cha matenda amisala amatero kusukulu, choncho kuchita maphunziro a kusukulu n’kofunika kwambiri kwa achinyamata,” iye anatero.
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Achinyamata ambiri m’dziko lonselo amakhala ndi vuto lalikulu la maganizo, ndipo 15.08% ya achinyamata adakumana ndi vuto lalikulu lachisokonezo m’chaka chaposachedwapa cha deta yomwe yafotokozedwa, yomwe ikuyimira kuwonjezeka kwa 1.24% kuchokera ku deta yapitayi, malinga ndi lipoti laposachedwa la Mental Health America.
Ana omwe amakula ndi zovuta zokhudzana ndi thanzi labwino komanso osadziŵika bwino amatha kutha m’gulu lazachiwembu ngati akuluakulu.
Mneneri waku State House ku Georgia a David Ralston adazindikira kuti zovuta zamaganizidwe zimakhudza pafupifupi banja lililonse ku Georgia pomwe adathandizira HB 1013, yomwe idadutsa mothandizidwa ndi anthu awiri.
Ralston anati: “Zaumoyo zamaganizidwe zimadutsana ndi chitetezo cha anthu.” “Zimasokoneza chuma chathu kuti chikhale chogwira ntchito. Pamlingo wake wofunikira kwambiri, zimalola opanda chiyembekezo kuti apambane pankhondo yamtsogolo ndikubweretsa zowawa kwa omwe atsala kuti avutike nazo.
Gov. Brian Kemp adasaina Mental Health Parity Act kukhala lamulo pa Epulo 4.
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Lamuloli likuyembekezeka kupititsa patsogolo ntchito zachipatala ku Georgia polola kuti mkulu wa boma wa inshuwaransi akhale ndi mphamvu zambiri kuti akwaniritse lamulo la federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act la 2008. .
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Mapulani azaumoyo m’magulu ndi omwe amapereka inshuwaransi yazaumoyo omwe amapereka chithandizo chamankhwala am’maganizo kapena kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo amaletsedwa kuyika malire abwino pamapinduwo kuposa zopindulitsa zachipatala/maopaleshoni.
Mwachitsanzo, ngati munthu wathyola fupa katatu m’chaka chomwecho, chivulazocho chimakhala chadzidzidzi nthaŵi zonse. Koma sizili choncho nthawi zonse pamene munthu amene ali ndi vuto logwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo ayambiranso kapena kumwa mopitirira muyeso.
“Kwa nthawi yayitali, njira yathu yoperekera chithandizo chamankhwala yakhala yosakwanira,” adatero Ralston. “Kupezeka ndi kupezeka kwa chithandizo kwachepa kwambiri.”
Njira zopangira
Akatswiri amatsutsa kuti kukulitsa Medicaid kungathandize anthu ambiri kupeza chithandizo chowonjezereka cha matenda amisala komanso vuto la kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Georgia ndi amodzi mwa mayiko khumi ndi awiri omwe mpaka pano asankha kusakulitsa Medicaid, kupatula kuwonjezera kufalitsa kuyambira miyezi isanu ndi umodzi mpaka chaka kwa amayi omwe amalandila ndalama zochepa.
Bungwe la Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, pamodzi ndi magulu angapo a zaumoyo komanso osintha malamulo ophwanya malamulo, adatumiza kalata pa Marichi 16 kwa opanga malamulo omwe adawonetsa chidwi chofuna kukonza chithandizo chamankhwala ndi malamulo ophwanya malamulo akuwalimbikitsa kuti akulitse Medicaid, zomwe adati. zingathandize kuchepetsa kubwerezabwereza komanso kuthandizira kubwereranso m’magulu.
Katswiri wofufuza za malamulo a GBPI Criminal Legal System a Ray Khalfani adati kukula kwathunthu kwa Medicaid ku Georgia kungathandize kupititsa patsogolo zolinga zochepetsera kubwerezabwereza komanso kuthandizira kuyambiranso anthu. Anatinso kukulitsa kudzapatsanso anthu aku Georgia pafupifupi 500,000 kuti athe kupeza chithandizo komanso kuthandiza zipatala zakumidzi zaku Georgia kuti zizikhala zotseguka.
“Atabwereranso, anthu a ku Georgiawa amakhala ndi udindo wodzisamalira okha koma chifukwa amakumana ndi zovuta kuti apeze ntchito yopindulitsa, osasiya ntchito zomwe zimapereka thanzi labwino, chithandizo chamankhwala nthawi zambiri sichimafika,” adatero Khalfani. “Opanga malamulo omwe ali ndi chidwi chothandizira kubwereranso kwabwino kwa anthu aku Georgia omwe abwereranso kugulu ayenera kukulitsa Medicaid ku Georgia.”
Kankhani kuti parity
A microcosm of society
Orland adati zomwe zakhala zikuchitika ku Fulton’s Jail ndi microcosm ya zomwe zikuchitika pakati pa anthu, ndipo yankho lake ndi njira yabwino yopezera chitetezo pamakhalidwe abwino.
“Titha kuchepetsa kupsinjika ndi kupsinjika kwa ndende pokhala ndi njira yothandiza yolimbana ndi matenda amisala, “adatero Orland.
Sheriff waku Cobb County akuvomereza ndipo akuti ambiri mwa omangidwa kumeneko sakanamangidwa ngati atakhala ndi mwayi wopeza chithandizo chamankhwala chamisala.
Ndicho chifukwa chake, November watha, ndendeyo inawonjezera dokotala wanthawi zonse wamisala ndi anamwino ophunzitsidwa zamakhalidwe abwino kwa ogwira ntchito m’ndendemo. Ndende ya Cobb ndi yoyamba m’boma kutero.
Sheriff wa Cobb County a Craig Owens adati m’mawu ake kuti “Kuyambira pakudya mpaka kutulutsidwa, tadzipereka kupatsa akaidi athu thandizo lomwe akufunikira kuti asadzabwererenso pakhomo pathu.”
Ponena za Ofesi ya Sheriff ya Fulton County, Sarah Geraghty, loya wa Southern Center for Human Rights, analemba kuti ndendeyo iyenera kubwereka katswiri wa zamaganizo kuti afufuze chisamaliro cha omangidwa, kuwonetsetsa kuti opereka chithandizo chamaganizo amakhala ndi antchito okwanira, komanso onetsetsani kuti amayi omwe ali ndi matenda amisala amasungidwa m’malo aukhondo ndipo amaloledwa kukhala kunja kwa maselo awo.
Koma mpaka Georgia ikhala ndi chithandizo chochulukirapo kwa iwo omwe alibe mwayi wopeza chithandizo, ndende zitha kukhalabe malo akulu kwambiri azachipatala m’boma.
Georgia Public Broadcasting ndi gawo la Mental Health Parity Collaborative, gulu la zipinda zofalitsa nkhani zomwe zikufotokoza zovuta ndi njira zothetsera matenda amisala ku US , California, Georgia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, ndi Texas.
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