Criminalization of Homelessness

Criminal Justice Problems, Law Enforcement, Military, and Security

~ 90-years-old faces charges for feeding the homeless – YouTube

~ America Criminalizing Homelessness – YouTube

~ Breaking Ban- After 90yr old US veteran arrested for feeding homeless, city lifts law – YouTube

~ Couple faces jail for sitting on sidewalk – YouTube

~ Crime to be kind- 12 activists in US face jail for feeding homeless people – YouTube

~ Florida man, 90, arrested for feeding the homeless – YouTube

~ Homeless man living in tiny house arrested tells his side of the story – YouTube

~ Laws that target the homeless on the rise – YouTube

~ “State of Emergency” Special Report on California’s Criminalization of Growing Homeless Encampments – Democracy Now- YouTube

~ This homeless woman was DRAGGED from her tent and arrested – YouTube

~ What Happens When Cities Make Homelessness a Crime- Hiding The Homeless – YouTube

~ Shelton police officers under fire after homeless man’s arrest – YouTube

~ The Criminalization of Homelessness- A Veteran Receives a Citation for Standing Near a I-95 Ramp – YouTube

~ A Dream Denied: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities – FULL REPORT PDF

~ New Documentary Highlights Growing Criminalization Of The U.S. Homeless – All That’s Interesting

~ Cost of Criminalizing Homelessness – Invisible People

~ Criminalization – National Homelessness Law Center

~ Criminalization of homeless expensive, inhumane and ineffective, UC law team says – The Mercury News

~ Criminalization of Homelessness in the United States of America – A Report to the U.N. Committee Against Torture – FULL REPORT PDF

~ Criminalization of Homelessness – Eric S. Tars, Senior Attorney, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty – FULL REPORT PDF

~ Criminalization of Homelessness in US Criticized by United Nations – Our World

~ Criminalization of homelessness on the rise in U.S. cities – MSNBC

~ Criminalization of Homelessness Persists, Report Finds – Spare Change News

~ Criminalization of Homelessness Statistics – Invisible People

~ Criminalization of Homelessness – Visual.ly

~ Criminalizing homelessness has a human cost, researchers say – ABC 7 Denver

~ Criminalizing Homelessness Is Ineffective and Criminal – Invisible People

~ For the homeless in Boston and beyond, laws can criminalize life itself – The Boston Globe

~ “Forced into Breaking the Law”  The Criminalization of Homelessness  in Connecticut – FULL REPORT PDF

~ Homes Not Handcuffs: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities – National Coalition for the Homeless

~ Homes Not Handcuffs: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities – FULL REPORT PDF

~ Interactive map- Number of U.S. cities criminalizing homelessness surges – PBS NewsHour Weekend

~ It’s Close to Impossible to Be Homeless in Houston Without Breaking the Law – All the Ways Homeless People Can Be Arrested and Jailed in Houston – Houston Press

~ LV advances homeless ordinance despite ‘no past problems’ cleaning sidewalks – Nevada Current

~ Local data confirms homelessness is criminalized – Nevada Current

~ More cities across the U.S. consider homelessness a crime – PBS NewsHour

~ Punishing the Poorest How the Criminalization of Homelessness Perpetuates Poverty in San Francisco – FULL REPORT PDF

~ Opinion- Can’t help the homeless- City Council endorses harassing them – Los Angeles Times

~ Texas Police Officers Competed To Steal Signs From Homeless People – ThinkProgress

~ Texas officers suspended for homeless sign contest – KFDA Amarillo, TX

~ No Safe Place: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities A Report by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty – FULL REPORT PDF

~ The Cost of Prosecuting Homelessness – House the Homeless – House The Homeless

~ The Criminalization of Homelessness- Explained – The Appeal

~ The Criminalization of Homelessness – Social Work Today

~ The Growing Criminalization of Homelessness – Al Jazeera America

~ The Problem With Criminalizing Homelessness – ThinkProgress

~ Too High a Price: What Criminalizing Homelessness Costs Colorado – FULL REPORT PDF

~ America’s Cities Are Criminalizing Homelessness – Criminal Legal News

~ Cities are criminalizing homelessness by banning people from camping in public. That’s the wrong approach, report says – USA Today

~ Criminalization Fails to End Homelessness in San Francisco – Housing Matters

~ Criminalization of Homelessness Increases in U.S. Cities – National Low Income Housing Coalition

~ Criminalizing homelessness in the heart of Dixie – Southern Poverty Law Center

~ Criminalizing Homelessness Violates Basic Human Rights – Human Rights Watch

~ Criminalizing the homeless – Miami Herald

~ Hiding The Homeless – Vice

~ Las Vegas makes it illegal for homeless to sleep on street – New York Post

~ Mean Cities Against The Homeless – Homeless Voice

~ New York Cops Are Now Shaming Homeless People On Social Media – Vice

~ The Cost of Criminalizing Homelessness – Sturm College of Law

~ U.S. Cities Are Increasingly Cracking Down on Homelessness – Cities – US News

~ U.S. Cities Criminalize Homelessness, Violate Human Rights Agreements – HuffPost