Aug 4, 2026 · 58 min · 12 segments
An executive order from July 2025 calls street homelessness a psychiatric problem and prescribes involuntary commitment. In this episode, Jamie and Melissa break down EO 14321 *Ending Crime and…
Jamie BourgeoisHost
Melissa Ann DuboisHostIt's like, so much we, of what we talk about with these policies of this current administration are, are-
... moving us backwards, and institutionalizing the mentally ill is absolutely moving us backwards.
the order says it plainly, that shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings through civil commitment will restore public order.
It defines homelessness as fundamentally a psychiatric and addiction problem rather than a housing and poverty problem, and that definitional choice is what licenses this clinical tool of involuntary commitment to do the work of policing the streets, basically.
And I think you'll notice this is another plan in which the strategy places blame solely on the individual.
And people-- I think it's important to recognize, people do not become unhoused only by their own hand.
It is a complicated, multi-layered systems issue in which people get caught up in.
I think it's important for us to all first discuss the phenomenon of homelessness, as I think it can help us or, you know, help our listeners maybe understand how we as nurses view and analyze this problem.
It's like, so much we, of what we talk about with these policies of this current administration are, are-
... moving us backwards, and institutionalizing the mentally ill is absolutely moving us backwards.
the order says it plainly, that shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings through civil commitment will restore public order.
It defines homelessness as fundamentally a psychiatric and addiction problem rather than a housing and poverty problem, and that definitional choice is what licenses this clinical tool of involuntary commitment to do the work of policing the streets, basically.
And I think you'll notice this is another plan in which the strategy places blame solely on the individual.
And people-- I think it's important to recognize, people do not become unhoused only by their own hand.
It is a complicated, multi-layered systems issue in which people get caught up in.
I think it's important for us to all first discuss the phenomenon of homelessness, as I think it can help us or, you know, help our listeners maybe understand how we as nurses view and analyze this problem.
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