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#UK: Freedom of Information requests show nearly 2,500 arrests under #VagrancyAct

“Experts...advocated for a compassionate approach to #homelessness. But instead, this government is intent on treating rough sleepers with cruelty and criminalisation.”
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/07/homeless-people-arrested-vagrancy-act-england-wales-police

Nearly 2,500 arrests in England and Wales since 2019 under Vagrancy Act | Homelessness | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/07/homeless-people-arrested-vagrancy-act-england-wales-police

#VagrancyAct
#Arrests
#KickingSomeoneWhenTheyAreDown
#Homeless
#Homelessness
#VagrancyAct1824
#Police
#CriminalJusticeBill
#RoughSleeping
#Nuisance

Criminal Justice Bill: Woman tells of ‘terrifying’ torment of sleeping rough from the age of 16 | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homeless-woman-criminal-justice-bill-housing-b2506636.html

#RoughSleeping
#Police
#CriminalJusticeBill
#Homeless
#Homelessness
#Women
#Violence
#GenderBasedViolence
#DomesticViolence
#DomesticAbuse
#Dickensian
#CriminalisingHomelessness
#EmploymentWithCriminalRecordForHomelessness
#Crisis
#SocialHousing
#VagrancyAct
#Moran
#MentalHealth
#Centerpoint

Rough sleeping: Black people disproportionately arrested under Vagrancy Act | openDemocracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/rough-sleeping-vagrancy-act-homelessness-generation-rent/

#Racism
#RoughSleeping
#VagrancyAct
#Police
#Arrests

Here’s a fun fact that you may not know – being a rough sleeper is against the law. The government has promised to repeal the Vagrancy Act, but has yet to do so | David Kirlew-Morris

#VagrancyAct #Homelessness
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/the-invisible-people-part-2-rogues-and-vagabonds/