Eric Reinhart

Organizer Any Huamani, right, greets a colleague during a Treatment Not Trauma campaign summit at First Presbyterian Church in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood, July 22, 2023. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Eric Reinhart: Chicago must remove mental health crisis response from CPD’s plate

May 19, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago police are forced to address mental health crises for which they are not trained. Treatment Not Trauma is poised to change this.

Residents, mental health workers and supporters protest in front of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office a year after the closing of mental health centers in Chicago. The group called for the city to replace retiring mental health workers and reopen mental health clinics.

Arturo Carrillo and Eric Reinhart: Here’s why Chicago needs a fully funded public mental health system

August 24, 2023 at 10:53 a.m.

Just before the Chicago City Council broke for its August recess, it held a hearing for a policy road map known as Treatment Not Trauma. Mayor Brandon Johnson allowed for...

Detainees wait in the intake area before taking a COVID-19 test and health screening in the Cook County Jail in Chicago on May 20, 2020.

Op-ed: To slow the spread of COVID-19, Illinois must decarcerate

September 20, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.

As southern Illinois faces a surge in COVID-19 cases and a severe shortage of ICU beds, jails and prisons — which have fueled the pandemic across Illinois — have reported...

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