On Calls to "Reopen the Asylums" w/ Liat Ben-Moshe, Leah Harris and Vesper Moore (10/11/23)

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🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Beatrice speaks with Liat Ben-Moshe, Leah Harris and Vesper Moore about increasing calls to "reopen the asylums" and why the dark history and enduring legacy of psychiatric incarceration mean we should never go back. We look at recent statements by politicians Eric Adams, Donald Trump, Matt Gaetz, and Vivek Ramaswamy and discuss how carceral sanism is not exclusively the domain of the right. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/reopen-asylum This episode stands alone, but also functions as an extension of "Resisting Carceral Sanism," posted September 28th in the public Death Panel podcast feed, or available here: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/s23-resisting-carceral-sanism To sign up for resources on psychiatric abolition (collected by Leah Harris) go here: https://bit.ly/psychiatricabolition Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

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0:00.0	Part of the problem is we used to have mental institutions where you take a sicko like this guy,
0:06.1	he was a sick guy, and you'd bring him to a mental health institution. Those institutions are largely
0:11.6	closed. So we're going to be talking seriously about opening mental health institutions again.
0:17.6	Just over the same period that we have closed, mental health institutions, we have seen a spike in violent crime.
0:23.3	Do we have the spine to bring them back? I think we should. As president, I will.
0:26.8	It's the Democratic Party in Big Pharma that are unleashing the crazies on you, and nobody seems to have a solution for it.
0:33.7	So here's one. We need to reopen the asylums. There are severely mentally ill people who do not have a right to wander death panel.
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1:45.3	So today I am truly honored to be in conversation with not one, not two, but three
1:50.8	really fucking fantastic guests who are here today so that we can talk all about demands
1:56.7	coming from across the political spectrum to reopen asylums, which is part of this broader
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