Jamie Lopez
101:23 - 101:43
"there were roaches in their room. That is not a trauma-informed experience, uh, that is trauma-induced. And I would ask you to spend a night, uh, where you're going to send— spend someone there."
“there were roaches in their room. That is not a trauma-informed experience, uh, that is trauma-induced. And I would ask you to spend a night, uh, where you're going to send— spend someone there.”
- Speaker
- Jamie Lopez
- Timestamp
- 101:23 – 101:43
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
They were not flown out. And more or less, uh, there were roaches in their room. That is not a trauma-informed experience, uh, that is trauma-induced. And I would ask you to spend a night, uh, where you're going to send— spend someone there. And aside from that, I brought him in another time, and more or less they had absolutely no care, and they ended up back out on the street.
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