In this episode of Committable we speak to Bacardi Jackson from the Southern Poverty Law Center about The Baker Act, a mental health law in Florida that was used to involuntarily detain children over 37,000 times in one year.

Guests in this episode are:

Bacardi Jackson:

https://www.splcenter.org/about/staff/bacardi-jackson

Southern Poverty Law Center:

https://www.splcenter.org/

Costly and Cruel:

https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/com_special_report_baker_act_costly_and_cruel.pdf

Episode transcript: https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables1-episode-1transcript

Committable is produced by Jesse Mangan, Jim McQuaid and Michelle Stockman.

https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown.

https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable