Mark Thompson @mark16425094
Criminal justice reform advocate for dementia patients convicted of felony crimes. My story on Youtube: https://t.co/gF5zQDXQiT Buckley, WA Joined December 2015-
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You'd think that people with dementia, like my father, who have an incurable disease that can cause inappropriate sexual behavior, would be at great risk to reoffend, but you'd be wrong about that. Reoffense rates for sexual offending are very low.
A corrections official erroneously claimed my dad had "impending dementia" because he confused the legal and medical definitions of dementia. The two are not the same as any state competency evaluator will tell you.
It was for only a few notoriously bad criminals -- just a few cases -- that legislators created sex offender registry laws 25 years ago. I think those legislators, now retired, did not imagine that those laws would later place 1 in every 330 people on a registry.
To the judges who criminalize people with dementia, I ask: How can people without insight into their mental condition be expected to have insight into the world around them? Won't there be holes in their worldview? Isn't this the opposite of mens rea? (guilty mind)
Sometimes I wonder if I am expecting a love and justice that is far beyond this fallen world. Then I see a comment from a brave and shining soul and find the strength to carry on. For all the sorrow and the cruelty, there is still so much kindness.
Strangely, the legal definition of competency is not the same as the medical definition of competency. Other than the 1963 Sidney Katz definition of Activities of Daily Living, there is no medical definition of competency.
The sad, old story of the fall of Adam lists consequences: backbreaking work, and difficult pregnancies, to which we can reasonably add Alzheimer's disease. Oy, vay. It's a lot to come to terms with. Seeing dementia up close isn't easy.
The problem with the 1843 McNaughton Rule is that it incorrectly puts people with dementia in a high degree of culpability for criminal behavior. It would be better to follow the 1962 ALI penal code and look for "a substantial incapacity to appreciate right from wrong."
My 77-year-old father received a donor kidney and was required to take anti-rejection drugs which caused confusion and dementia. We were happy with the extra 14 years of life, but the dementia was very difficult.
The U.S. prison population is rapidly graying. Prisons aren't built for what's coming kosu.org/u-s-news/2024-…
People who are cognitively intact are more flexible. For us, adjusting to dementia is easier than asking dementia to adjust to us. Certain limits notwithstanding. So easy to say and yet so difficult to do.
David Garlock @DavidLeegarlock
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Rainbowgirl🌈 @Rainbowgirl1982
2K Followers 3K Following My husband was released in December '22 after 16 months. We are rebuilding our family together and living around his SOR conditions. #lifeaftertheknock
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marie @handbasketnotes
847 Followers 814 Following Waiting for the Second Age of Reason when sex offense laws will make sense.
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Today, #SCOTUS will hear a case that could severely criminalize homelessness. Formerly incarcerated people are almost 10 times more likely to be homeless than the general public – and this ruling could devastate an already vulnerable population. 🧵
This month, we celebrate the 7th anniversary of Second Chance Month across the country. But it's not just about celebration; it's about action too. It's a reminder to advocate for the policy changes you want to see in your own community.
“18 years since the IPP & no rehabilitation achieved. Guess who’s feeling the effects of the IPP action plan? No one. This is prolonging the harm. The only thing it’s doing is killing off more time. Another IPP hang’s himself, another loses his mum, a son. It doesn’t stop.” - IPP
Survivors of sexual abuse/assault who are open and use their voice are the ones who are showing their scars. What is amazing about showing your scars is that others who still have scabs from the hurt/pain/abuse are empowered and see that healing Is possible!!! #SAAM
@sewistwrites Hang on, are you saying people have to go out in the world, see things they don’t necessarily like, and *checks notes* just go about their day? This is wild I’m not sure the world is ready to hear this
@Diazepamboy84 amplifiedvoices.buzzsprout.com/1213727/917552… check out Mark’s story about his father. We talked with him on the podcast in 2021.
What's truly amazing is... how prosecutors & judges can shatter families with excessive sentences & not even look back. #endMassIncarceration
A friend of mine just told me if the only amendment we really care about is the 2nd, what good is it? That strikes me as true. If our cultural concern about governmental tyranny is largely cabined to firearms for their own sake, it's an empty concern.
As a Christian- Churches need to do a BETTER job of opening their doors and welcoming people who have been incarcerated!!!! Bible characters who are Formerly Incarcerated are preached about but people with similar stories aren’t welcome!!!!!
NEW report: Jail populations have exploded over the last 4 decades while getting almost none of the attention prisons do. It’s clear the US has a reliance on excessive jailing. But how did we get here? 🧵
What really matters in dementia. Never mind that we don’t have any cures or treatments that make a major difference, that medical and social care for people in dementia is so often inadequate and that people with dementia and their families are dealing with so much, often alone.
We only need around 90 signatures to make the total 1500 We can then present the petition to Stop negative and inaccurate dementia publicity. Show the hopeful, creative possibilities. - Sign the Petition! Please chng.it/JTc4LbS6 via @UKChange
Too many people are in prison for too long -- with virtually no way to get a second chance.
This is good policy because, amongst other reasons, disenfranchisement is associated with recidivism. States that disenfranchise get about a 10% bump in recidivism vs states that do not. apnews.com/article/voting…
In this riveting episode, we delve deep into the intricacies of forensic evaluations and the legal nuances surrounding mental health defenses. Join us as we unravel the complexities and gain invaluable insights from an esteemed expert in the field. Full episode in my bio!
These words by poet Laura Riding touched me today, "To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."
This tragedy happened in 2019 - Hopefully, if law enforcement had such an encounter today, different tactics would be used and this young man would get the help he needed - #mentalillness #bipolardisorder #deescalation medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/gen…
ICYMI: @PrisonPolicy has a really nice toolkit on how to and why you should resist carve outs in criminal justice reforms, and provides examples of states that passed reforms without them. prisonpolicy.org/trainings/carv…
@G_Padraic The goal is more votes. If it were reduction of harm/prevention, there wouldn’t be people added at alarming rates. There wouldn’t be dead people on the registry or people listed on multiple states registries. The money spent on registries should come from their campaign fund.
The thing is, we spend a whole lot of money on registries vs services to victims and primary prevention. If the goal is making sure no one else is harmed, and reducing harm that has occurred seems to me there’s much more effective uses of our money basically lighting it on fire
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