Idaho Matters

Boise Rescue Mission weighs in on recent U.S. Supreme Court homelessness ruling


Listen Later

FILE - In the Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, tucked in a sleeping bag, Danny, a 60-year-old homeless man who only gave his first name, lies on an overpass above the 101 Freeway, one of the nation's busiest freeways, in Los Angeles. A federal appellate court says cities can't prosecute people for sleeping on the streets if they have nowhere else to go. In a ruling handed down Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with six homeless Boise, Idaho residents who sued the city in 2009 alleging that a local ordinance that bans sleeping on the streets amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. The ruling could impact several other cities across the western U.S. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)(Jae C. Hong / AP)

Last week, we told you it’s legal again to give someone a ticket for sleeping or camping on public property. This comes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the Grants Pass vs. Johnson case.

The city of Oregon wanted to fine people sleeping in public parks and possibly put them in jail if they refused to comply, and the court said that was not "cruel and unusual" punishment.

This case has its roots in Boise, and Mayor Lauren McLean came out against the Supreme Court’s ruling, saying criminalizing homelessness won’t solve the problem.

Last Monday, we talked to the head of Interfaith Sanctuary about the case, and today we wanted to hear from Reverend Bill Roscoe. He’s the president and CEO of Boise Rescue Mission Ministries, which has emergency shelters in Boise and Nampa.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Idaho MattersBy Boise State Public Radio

  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5
  • 4.5

4.5

100 ratings


More shows like Idaho Matters

View all
Left, Right & Center by KCRW

Left, Right & Center

5,023 Listeners

On the Media by WNYC Studios

On the Media

9,104 Listeners

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! by NPR

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

38,616 Listeners

Political Gabfest by Slate Podcasts

Political Gabfest

8,492 Listeners

This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

90,609 Listeners

Marketplace by Marketplace

Marketplace

8,631 Listeners

Planet Money by NPR

Planet Money

30,929 Listeners

Here & Now Anytime by WBUR

Here & Now Anytime

1,009 Listeners

1A by NPR

1A

4,625 Listeners

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?' by KFF Health News

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?'

484 Listeners

The Indicator from Planet Money by NPR

The Indicator from Planet Money

9,521 Listeners

Throughline by NPR

Throughline

15,947 Listeners

Idaho Reports by Idaho Public Television

Idaho Reports

11 Listeners

Extremely American by NPR

Extremely American

403 Listeners

The Connector: Idaho Daily News by Boise State Public Radio

The Connector: Idaho Daily News

9 Listeners