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Bryan stevenson innocence project7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Many people with serious health problems and disabilities go untreated until those medical issues manifest into other problems. Many of my clients could have avoided engagement with the criminal justice system if they could afford to treat mental health disabilities, drug dependency, trauma disorders, or health problems triggered by childhood adversity. Both systems also rely on a lot of actors with enormous discretion, which frequently means that people of color or other disfavored people can sometimes receive inadequate attention or care. To me, there is a direct connection between health care and criminal justice. Both systems are very wealth-dependent when it comes to quality of services and outcomes, which creates a kind of structural inequality that we need to address. Our criminal justice system often treats you better if you are rich and guilty than if you are poor and innocent. ![]() ![]() What is the link between your criminal justice work and the efforts of people working to improve health care? Stevenson will be one of the keynote speakers at the 2017 IHI National Forum (December 10–13, 2017). In a recent interview with IHI, Stevenson described the connections between striving to improve health care and fighting injustice, including the need for compassion and the risk of burnout. Bryan Stevenson is founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, an attorney, and a best-selling author. ![]()
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