‘Criminalizing Homelessness Only Perpetuates It’:  CounterSpin interview with Scout Katovich on criminalizing poverty

‘Criminalizing Homelessness Only Perpetuates It’:  CounterSpin interview with Scout Katovich on criminalizing poverty

Janine Jackson interviewed the ACLU’s Scout Katovich about forced institutionalization of poor and disabled people for the August 1, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250801katovich.mp3 Janine Jackson: Poverty and homelessness—and their confluence with mental health challenges, including addiction—reflect societal and public health f…