SUPREME COURT MAKES LIFE HARDER FORTHE HOMELESS, WILL JXN TOUGHEN UP ON THEM NOW?

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The ruling on the case Grants Pass Vs. Johnson is the biggest decision on homelessness America has seen at a national level in decades. It gives some power back to the cities to establish their own punishments for people sleeping and camping outside.

But will it fix the problem? One Jackson homelessness organization doesn’t think so.

“If a city decides to exercise its right to penalize somebody for their position in life. That’s a terrible place to be,” Andre Devine, Executive Director of Hearts for the Homeless, said.

Devine couldn’t believe the Supreme Court’s decision to allow cities to create their own punishments for those who sleep or camp in public places.