It's crazy to see how so many little things can make an individual be the opposite of what they used to be. It's sad to hear that he was diagnosed so late in the years, where as if it was caught in time he would have been got the help he needed. Honestly my own opinion nobody living with that type of illness should be in jail if we confined to a home or program he should have been there or went somewhere else jail will only make things worse if hepunches out windows at home he could be liable to do it in a jail cell and when he was in jail I'm sure there were rooms where there was nothing but walls. People like him shouldn't be in jail but to only be in a safer program/ home with around the clock supervision LifeImagine789
I agree with your statement above about keeping him in prison will make him worse than he is. He should have supervision at home or in a group home. Just keeping him in prison wont fix anything. While being in there he could have an episode and freak out on the wrong person and they could kill him or seriously injure him. It isn't his fault that he has this disorder, he should be getting help not put in a little cell that would make any sane person insane. -Barcelona780
I agree with you on the idea that we shouldn't leave individuals who are mentally sick locked up. I believe we need to be providing these people help with the money we could be saving on incarceration. -Pack789
I find this article to be very heartbreaking. I think more because they didn’t offer him more help. The parents pushed him to be more independent and get a house and finish school, but when does being diagnosed with attention deficit, bipolar, and anxiety disorder allow him to be on his own? I think that the parents should have handled things differently. Even with these kinds of disorders medication and a different life for him would have been best. There are plenty of people out there with mental disorders who need help just like Winter’s does. Do we just send them to jail and provide them with more reason to act out? Or we spend a little bit of money and hope that they will live a normal life with around the clock supervision? CSI 789
Yes I surely agree because he was doing so good and the fact that he had all family problems and the injury he got from football . who knew stuff like that could trigger a change in personality its sad cause he now has to live a life of supervision and jail to me wouldn't make it better LifeImagine789
After reading this article you can’t help but feel sorry for the mother for trying so hard to save her child. In regards to Jared Winters, it is also sad that he didn't encounter bi-polar until his later teen years, and to put on top of it he also has hint of autism. I wouldn't wish that upon anyone. If he would of had bi-polar disorder earlier they could have helped him sooner and gotten him help. It’s disturbing that they the state would just leave Jared Winters in prison even after knowing his illness they should be trying to get him help instead of keeping him locked up and possibly making it worse. I think their should be more programs for those who are in jail with illness because that individual didn't ask for the illness, and some illness make individual do things that they don’t even own what they are doing because they aren't in the right state of mind. -Barcelona789
I totally agree with you and I believe that if our system is going to make them stay in prison they should be doing everything that they can to ensure that anyone with a mental illness is getting the proper treatment. Like you said they did not ask for the illness. Green789
This story is extremely heart breaking because there is an adult that is having mental illness and he just keeps getting thrown in jail. All he has done wrong is getting DUI's and public intoxication he is not out here committing a huge crime. It is very clear that he needs help and our prisons are not going to be the reason that he gets help. It is just going to make it worse and harder on him because he is going to want to act out. He was diagnosed with mental issues and it is clear that he is not going to be able to take care of himself on his own. If the system is going to make him serve his time n a prison then they need to give him the help that he needs while he is serving his time. This story is sad and there are plenty of people that are living this all the time and they go through the same problem that his mother did of not being able to find a rehabilitation center for addicts. They are constantly saying that they do not have beds available. He is not in the right state of mind and does not know exactly what to do. I hope this family gets the help that they need. Green789
Stories like these really make me shake my head. Situations like these can be very easily. Had the boy gotten the help he needed in a quicker fashion, then maybe he wouldn't have been put in the situation he was in. We need to focus on the well-being of individuals who need mental health, especially in the prison system. If we were to, as we talked so much about in class, reduce the prison population and focus more on rehabilitation then we wouldn't see situations like this arise. The sad thing is this story is one of many and are affecting families very negatively. -Pack789
It is true if the boy was helped sooner this wouldn't of been a big deal. For the judge to sentence him knowing that there is not one bed available at homes and the waiting list is six months. I mean come on. Yes, this does effect the family in a negative way. Thinking about what is going to happen to their child if they don't act fast. If I was a parent I would worry about my child to.
As a person that loves to play sports and nothing else but sports. It sounds like this kid love to play soccer. It seems like soccer kept him on the right path. Me I would hated to sit out my last season because of a broken bone. I would be depressed. I believe if he would of played soccer his last year he would have a different out come. It was said to read that his symptoms were so bad that he thought his own family would poison him. For the judge to make these types of sentences knowing that he has mental illnesses, Prison isn't going to help him he needs to be in a good environment and need help to control his illness like his parents were doing before he got arrested by the police. I am frustrated to know that they did this to a person that has problem and is going to make it worse. His mother came to the jail and he started to cry, that's what really got me. He knows something is wrong with him and he can not control it but he is getting punished instead of getting help. Phenom789
It is really sad to see how backwards this kids life had turned in the short time of just one year do to the mental disease. After reading this and seeing how they were just throwing him around back and forth between imprisonment and groups homes really shows the lack of knowledge and care from the government for the people with these conditions. It says that 11% of the people in the prison had similar severe case of mental disease so if they were to put more money into helping this people instead of taking it away they can be working toward lowering the prison population by 11% at most which would be a nice number of people to keep out of prison. It may sound bad to compare the two but this seems like it’s a comparing situation to the cases of mentally handicapped people and here in the U.S they are plenty of programs that show they work to help out those people and get them out in the world working and independent so why can’t they do they same with the mental disease people. -Acerunner789
Wow I can't believe how long the waiting lists are for the group homes, 4-6 months is ridiculous. It's a shame the governor of Pennsylvania cut the funding to only 10%. This resulted in many counties lacking the proper funding to house more mentally ill people. Since these people aren't getting the proper treatment methods it would appear that they're more likely to end up in jail, and the jails idea of treatment is just locking them up. I haven't heard of prison program geared at treating mentally ill prisoners, instead they just lock them up and expect them to get better, but of course they don't they get much much worse. Hopefully the PA legislature will come to their senses soon and restore the funding for group homes before this problem escalates. Flitzy789
It's crazy to see how so many little things can make an individual be the opposite of what they used to be. It's sad to hear that he was diagnosed so late in the years, where as if it was caught in time he would have been got the help he needed. Honestly my own opinion nobody living with that type of illness should be in jail if we confined to a home or program he should have been there or went somewhere else jail will
ReplyDeleteonly make things worse if hepunches out windows at home he could be liable to do it in a jail cell and when he was in jail I'm sure there were rooms where there was nothing but walls. People like him shouldn't be in jail but to only be in a safer program/ home with around the clock supervision LifeImagine789
I agree with your statement above about keeping him in prison will make him worse than he is. He should have supervision at home or in a group home. Just keeping him in prison wont fix anything. While being in there he could have an episode and freak out on the wrong person and they could kill him or seriously injure him. It isn't his fault that he has this disorder, he should be getting help not put in a little cell that would make any sane person insane. -Barcelona780
DeleteI agree with you on the idea that we shouldn't leave individuals who are mentally sick locked up. I believe we need to be providing these people help with the money we could be saving on incarceration. -Pack789
DeleteI find this article to be very heartbreaking. I think more because they didn’t offer him more help. The parents pushed him to be more independent and get a house and finish school, but when does being diagnosed with attention deficit, bipolar, and anxiety disorder allow him to be on his own? I think that the parents should have handled things differently. Even with these kinds of disorders medication and a different life for him would have been best. There are plenty of people out there with mental disorders who need help just like Winter’s does. Do we just send them to jail and provide them with more reason to act out? Or we spend a little bit of money and hope that they will live a normal life with around the clock supervision? CSI 789
ReplyDeleteYes I surely agree because he was doing so good and the fact that he had all family problems and the injury he got from football . who knew stuff like that could trigger a change in personality its sad cause he now has to live a life of supervision and jail to me wouldn't make it better LifeImagine789
DeleteAfter reading this article you can’t help but feel sorry for the mother for trying so hard to save her child. In regards to Jared Winters, it is also sad that he didn't encounter bi-polar until his later teen years, and to put on top of it he also has hint of autism. I wouldn't wish that upon anyone. If he would of had bi-polar disorder earlier they could have helped him sooner and gotten him help. It’s disturbing that they the state would just leave Jared Winters in prison even after knowing his illness they should be trying to get him help instead of keeping him locked up and possibly making it worse. I think their should be more programs for those who are in jail with illness because that individual didn't ask for the illness, and some illness make individual do things that they don’t even own what they are doing because they aren't in the right state of mind.
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I totally agree with you and I believe that if our system is going to make them stay in prison they should be doing everything that they can to ensure that anyone with a mental illness is getting the proper treatment. Like you said they did not ask for the illness. Green789
DeleteThis story is extremely heart breaking because there is an adult that is having mental illness and he just keeps getting thrown in jail. All he has done wrong is getting DUI's and public intoxication he is not out here committing a huge crime. It is very clear that he needs help and our prisons are not going to be the reason that he gets help. It is just going to make it worse and harder on him because he is going to want to act out. He was diagnosed with mental issues and it is clear that he is not going to be able to take care of himself on his own. If the system is going to make him serve his time n a prison then they need to give him the help that he needs while he is serving his time. This story is sad and there are plenty of people that are living this all the time and they go through the same problem that his mother did of not being able to find a rehabilitation center for addicts. They are constantly saying that they do not have beds available. He is not in the right state of mind and does not know exactly what to do. I hope this family gets the help that they need. Green789
ReplyDeleteStories like these really make me shake my head. Situations like these can be very easily. Had the boy gotten the help he needed in a quicker fashion, then maybe he wouldn't have been put in the situation he was in. We need to focus on the well-being of individuals who need mental health, especially in the prison system. If we were to, as we talked so much about in class, reduce the prison population and focus more on rehabilitation then we wouldn't see situations like this arise. The sad thing is this story is one of many and are affecting families very negatively. -Pack789
ReplyDeleteIt is true if the boy was helped sooner this wouldn't of been a big deal. For the judge to sentence him knowing that there is not one bed available at homes and the waiting list is six months. I mean come on. Yes, this does effect the family in a negative way. Thinking about what is going to happen to their child if they don't act fast. If I was a parent I would worry about my child to.
DeleteAs a person that loves to play sports and nothing else but sports. It sounds like this kid love to play soccer. It seems like soccer kept him on the right path. Me I would hated to sit out my last season because of a broken bone. I would be depressed. I believe if he would of played soccer his last year he would have a different out come. It was said to read that his symptoms were so bad that he thought his own family would poison him. For the judge to make these types of sentences knowing that he has mental illnesses, Prison isn't going to help him he needs to be in a good environment and need help to control his illness like his parents were doing before he got arrested by the police. I am frustrated to know that they did this to a person that has problem and is going to make it worse. His mother came to the jail and he started to cry, that's what really got me. He knows something is wrong with him and he can not control it but he is getting punished instead of getting help. Phenom789
ReplyDeleteIt is really sad to see how backwards this kids life had turned in the short time of just one year do to the mental disease. After reading this and seeing how they were just throwing him around back and forth between imprisonment and groups homes really shows the lack of knowledge and care from the government for the people with these conditions. It says that 11% of the people in the prison had similar severe case of mental disease so if they were to put more money into helping this people instead of taking it away they can be working toward lowering the prison population by 11% at most which would be a nice number of people to keep out of prison. It may sound bad to compare the two but this seems like it’s a comparing situation to the cases of mentally handicapped people and here in the U.S they are plenty of programs that show they work to help out those people and get them out in the world working and independent so why can’t they do they same with the mental disease people. -Acerunner789
ReplyDeleteWow I can't believe how long the waiting lists are for the group homes, 4-6 months is ridiculous. It's a shame the governor of Pennsylvania cut the funding to only 10%. This resulted in many counties lacking the proper funding to house more mentally ill people. Since these people aren't getting the proper treatment methods it would appear that they're more likely to end up in jail, and the jails idea of treatment is just locking them up. I haven't heard of prison program geared at treating mentally ill prisoners, instead they just lock them up and expect them to get better, but of course they don't they get much much worse. Hopefully the PA legislature will come to their senses soon and restore the funding for group homes before this problem escalates. Flitzy789
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