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Following a Supreme Court decision, cities have criminalized sleeping outside and other survival behaviors. Rights advocates say the ruling has made it illegal to be homeless, pushing more people into the criminal justice system.
The Supreme Court's recent ruling has effectively criminalized the basic survival behaviors of homeless people—sleeping outdoors, sitting in public, existing without shelter. Cities have immediately weaponized the decision, passing ordinances that funnel unhoused people into the criminal justice system rather than toward services. The result is visible on streets across the country: more arrests, more jail time, and no reduction in homelessness itself. Rights advocates describe this as criminalizing a status rather than a crime, a distinction that matters legally and morally.
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