The St. Louis Integrated Health Network (IHN) believes that the best way to make St. Louis safer is to invest in programs addressing the factors that contribute to someone’s arrest. For example, if substance abuse or housing instability are mitigating factors, we should provide drug treatment or housing solutions. By doing this, we stop the cycle of crime before someone even encounters law enforcement.
You can support our work by signing onto our letter stating that you support programs that invest in drug treatment, employment, mental healthcare, housing solutions, and similar solutions that help keep people out of jail.