AltWeeklies Wire
Unbalancednew
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's response to Jared Loughner? Slash services from an already beleaguered mental-health system.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin and Amy Silverman |
01-21-2011 |
Policy Issues
Suicidal Tendencies: The Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections Is a Bloody Messnew
The Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections is supposed to educate and rehabilitate juvenile delinquents. Instead, the agency has become the state's adolescent mental hospital, a job it's clearly not equipped to handle.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
12-22-2009 |
Crime & Justice
A Mother Finally Got the Help She Needed for Her Troubled Son -- By Having Him Arrestednew
If you have a seriously mentally ill kid, and you can't afford treatment, you can have your kid hauled before a judge. And that judge has the power to get services for your kid -- as long as you're willing to give up custody of your child to the state of Arizona.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
10-13-2009 |
Children & Families
The Kids Are Not All Rightnew
AltWeeklies Award - Investigative Reporting
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
The Scarlet Letternew
Sophie Fisher is autistic -- her mother isn't so sure she wants you to know.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
12-13-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Teenage Wastelandnew
It's up to Gov. Napolitano to reform corrections for juveniles -- or at least make sure someone's watching over them.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
11-07-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Up the Down Staircasenew
When they had their third child with Down Syndrome, a Mormon family decided Santa Claus would be coming to their home forever.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
11-30-2004 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Underground Groupie Bob Judd Has Designs on a Freakier Phoenixnew
Underground filmmaker Bob Judd is the Webmaster for www.thecockettes.org, a site featuring the 1960s/'70s drag queen commune whose most famous performer was the late Divine. Judd has been trying to bring some unusual performers to Phoenix.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
10-05-2004 |
LGBT
