Are bans on encampments of unhoused people unconstitutional? A Town Hall Exploration with Meg Mott
Main Reading Room 224 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesIn 2018, a three-judge panel in the 9th Circuit ruled that “the Eighth Amendment prohibits the imposition of criminal penalties for sitting, sleeping or lying outside on public property for homeless individuals who cannot obtain shelter.” With that ruling, Western states could only remove people who camp on public lands when there were beds in […]