Amid the widespread defunding of community mental healthcare programs across the country, the Cook County Jail in Chicago has become a default treatment center for people living with mental illness. Our project exposes the challenges and injustices of treating mental health issues through the criminal justice system: A system that is punitive by design. We advocate for preventative solutions in community mental healthcare through our feature film, Any Given Day, and its outreach campaign.
In Chicago, community mental health care has been actively defunded for decades. Between 2009 and 2012, Illinois cut $113.7 million in mental health funding, which resulted in the shutdown of two state hospitals and six Chicago mental health clinics. As a result. people in mental health crisis often wind up in the criminal justice system. According to Mental Health America, in the United States, 1.2 million people living with mental illness sit in jail and prison each year.
This documentary is meant to spark a dialogue amongst stakeholders that will lead to concrete action and steps to improve mental health support services in Chicago, Illinois, and beyond, investing in wrap-around care and support rather than solely championing specialty criminal justice programs.
3 Generations is a non-profit organization that documents stories of human rights abuses through film. We enable survivors of crimes against humanity to record their experiences as an act of healing, a call to action and to create historical evidence. We amplify and honor each witness's voice by creating broad audiences: film festivals, educational outreach, social media, partnerships, web-channels and more. Our goal is to influence the national dialogue and build momentum for social change.
In Chicago, community mental health care has been actively defunded for decades. Between 2009 and 2012, Illinois cut $113.7 million in mental health funding, which resulted in the shutdown of two state hospitals and six Chicago mental health clinics. As a result. people in mental health crisis often wind up in the criminal justice system. According to Mental Health America, in the United States, 1.2 million people living with mental illness sit in jail and prison each year.
This documentary is meant to spark a dialogue amongst stakeholders that will lead to concrete action and steps to improve mental health support services in Chicago, Illinois, and beyond, investing in wrap-around care and support rather than solely championing specialty criminal justice programs.
3 Generations is a non-profit organization that documents stories of human rights abuses through film. We enable survivors of crimes against humanity to record their experiences as an act of healing, a call to action and to create historical evidence. We amplify and honor each witness's voice by creating broad audiences: film festivals, educational outreach, social media, partnerships, web-channels and more. Our goal is to influence the national dialogue and build momentum for social change.
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