Amber Smock
Director of Advocacy
Accessible Public Safety is the delivery of robust and clearly cohesive set of disability-centered community support services that prevent people with disabilities from encountering the American criminal system, and better supports them in sustaining progress in the community.
43% of people with disabilities are arrested at least once by age 28. And of course, racial disparities are involved.[1] For example, African Americans with disabilities experience a 53% chance of being arrested by the same age. As a result, it’s clear that many people with disabilities require disability-centered community support to better advance their development and sustain their success in the community.
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We propose enhancing the diversion and reentry support system by applying established disability community integration practices and advancing the development of a more cohesive set of core support services to reduce recidivism, violence, and financial costs to local communities and government. Our core goals are:
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To join this campaign, contact Chris Huff, Access Living’s Diversion and Reentry Policy Analyst
Amber Smock
Director of Advocacy
[1]Erin J. McCauley, 2017: The Cumulative Probability of Arrest by Age 28 Years in the United States by Disability Status, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender. American Journal of Public Health 107, 1977_1981, https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304095