This cycle is going to remain endless unless the proper institutions are set up for those with mental health issues, and when the states finally admit that they have been increasing the problem. I'm old enough to remember when our classroom was Zellers. I had even met younger individuals who were inside of its walls for different reasons then to get an education. That was a different time, and its bizarre to think that those who couldn't get adequate help wound up being thrown on the streets, only to commit little crimes to continue getting the help they needed. The ones who couldn't think that far ahead would just wallow among the streets and deprive themselves proper help by instead using drugs, sex, alcohol, or other means to an end. There is however a large difference between being a non-violent offender who has wound up self-medicating themselves versus those who are self-medicating and are violent offenders. The violent offenders should be locked up in a special needs unit before going into the general prison/jail population. The nonviolent offenders should not even be considered as inmates or prisoners. I know I am discussing mental health issues among violent and nonviolent, but the violent offenders do have to be locked up because of the possibility of further attempts. Cook County has an interesting view on how to sort out the prisoners by utilizing social workers and members of other advocacy groups. Division between the two may be key, but it grieves me to think that they all have to share their struggles inside of a prison environment. Bars, no doors to close for silence, taunted by other inmates/mentally-disturbed individuals, and lack of overall respect is still not met even with the closed door sessions or prescriptions that are filled and handed out in a timely fashion. It helps a few, yes but it doesn't change the overall directive of the goal. The state has severely screwed up by shutting down half of the twelve institutions for mental health. The money is not there to fix this, and this is in my opinion alone, because the politicians were too concerned about their own election campaigns, mayors and governors. Political action committees and their micro-targeting are at fault. I'm thinking this growing rate of homelessness across the country will continue to spread like a wildfire because the prisons will not be able to hold everyone all of the time; so it'll grow exponentially. Not until instances of violence become prevalent when citizens begin taking arms against those who don't have mental health support out of their own stigmas and fears, will things change. Who knows for sure, prisons age and we watch many beg on the sides of the road or shake uncontrollably, and we do nothing. Many times we ourselves can't. Could it become another Attica on the outside of the walls in certain areas like New York's islands the same as it was in '71? If reform is never discussed for the mentally-ill, I'd say we'll see it at some point in our lives. - StrongArm789
I agree with you that we need to set up a better institution for people with mental illness. They need more help than just locking them up and giving them medication. If we had more mental health facilities we could help them a lot more than we could just putting them in jail or prison. We could also decrease the prison population because a lot of the prison population is non violent people that have mental health problems. dragons789
I also agree that there need to be differing options other than prison for individuals with mental illnesses. A correctional facility can not provide enough adequate care for those arrested and suffering from mental issues. With a reintegration of mental health facilities, we could remove the strain and some of the cost of operations for prisons and jails.
This video dresses one of the biggest problems in the criminal justice system. Over 75 percent of inmates suffer from mental illness. If they don't already have one when they go to prison they normally develop one while they are serving their time. A lot of people with mental illness of people of lower income so they cannot afford to get the proper medication. They don't have a way to get to the mental health facilities and to purchase the proper medication.A lot of mental health facilities are getting shut down due to not enough funding because people don't realize exactly how important they are. They turn to self medicating with illegal drugs and they usually get caught and put in jail or prison. This is one reason why our prisons are so over crowded. If we had more mental health facilities for these people we could drastically decrease the prison population. A lot of the people with mental health problems don't mind going to jail because they can get the proper medication and feel closer to their normal self. We need to do things to fix this problem because Americas prisons are the largest mental health providers in the Unites States which is not how it should be. dragons789
Mental health is a huge issue with correctional facilities; the majority of inmates that do come in are suffering from some type of mental disease. Correctional facilities in turn are becoming the biggest mental health facilities in the country. The problem is they don’t have enough resources to treat everyone properly to their individual needs or have the money to fund anything that will help them in the long run. Birdman789
The video talks about the issue with mental health in corrections, the problem are that they are getting little help in the facilities sometimes and if they do get help they can be dependent on it. What I mean by being dependent is that the mentally ill inmates are getting their proper medication needs while they are incarcerated; when they leave they cannot get their medication as easy so they have episodes that can get them locked back up. The only upside to them being locked up is that they can get the medication they need. I liked what the Cook County Jail was doing with helping inmates, in the video they were doing anger management to some inmates; I think that it could be a valuable tool for the inmates to have. The only issue will be since the inmates won’t be in the jail too long then they can’t learn more or in depth than they would if they had the same classes while they were out. Birdman789
mental health is a big problem in our correctional system. These people are not getting the proper help that they need. The prisons are the only real place they have to go. The cook county jail is doing something right. They are treating instead of punishing. Godzilla789
'Lock me up, so I can get my meds' Sad but true. I did get that from watching this video also. I see an enabling behavior stemming from this. It's natural to want to help someone. Unfortunately it comes with certain problems. This is a terrible analogy BUT you're not supposed to feed wild animals because it 'domesticates' them and they lose their drive to forage or hunt prey. Ultimately, dying of starvation. Like I said terrible but applicable in a weird way. We are creating these problems for ourselves. I would like to see one mega-mental health complex in Peoria, IL. Tons of jobs and development of resources from state and federal government for the people of Central, IL. Doberman789
Its sad that jail and prison is the only way to get the proper medication for some people with mental illnesses. Its a vicious cycle for these people: put out on the streets with nowhere to go, no medication, have a psychotic episode that lands them in jail, get their medication, then they are released, rinse and repeat. The medication needs to be more readily available for these people or there needs to be more places for them to go to get help when needed.
This was an amazing informative video. I had no idea the number of mentally ill people who are locked up in prisons and jails in our country. Then again these people who have these illnesses really have no place to go if they don't have any family to go to there aren't a lot of places for these people to go. for most of them these prisons and jails are the only place where they can get food and shelter. Its a shame that these people are treated as criminals when they go in there. The number of mentally ill people in prison is 10x the amount of the same people in hospitals. I like how the cook county is handling all the inmates they get. They put the severely mentally ill patients in a separate building and treat them like patients instead of inmates and try and help them. Godzilla789
It's strange to think that in the span of only twenty years, institutions have shut and locked their doors to help those with mental disorders. To classify these individuals as being the same as criminals is a crime against humanity (my opinion). I wonder if this would stand to contend with the International Criminal Court. Cook County does have a unique way to sort the people before they are classified as one type or another. Adapting to the decisions of social workers to decide the mental capacity of these individuals may in turn lead to better health options in the long term. Over enough time and if initiated in other states, this may in turn cut down the penal cost and increase the state-funding for clinical channels. The blending is inappropriate on all levels but thankfully some are trying to address it. - StrongArm789
I’m going with Hubert H. Humphrey on this one “…the moral test of government is how that government treats those in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; those who are in the shadows of life; the sick, the needy and the handicapped.” The governing body of Illinois has robbed the people of their mental health. Robbed them of their sensible care by closing mental health institutions. Put a bunch of ‘mentally questionable’ or ‘chemically dependent’ folks on the streets without any treatment. The crime activity will increase and the overall health of the city will decrease. Although Individuals who suffer from mental disorder are usually the ones being victimized. After watching this video I recall Zeller’s. Zeller closed circa 2002 and truth be told I don’t really know where those people went. I imagine when they were ‘released’ into society there was a stress on resources in Peoria. More calls for police departments to take. Homeless shelters at maximum capacity turning away people. That Sheriff. I bet he has no law enforcement background. He oozes social worker to me, not bad he just came off that way. You don’t have to have any L.E.O or C.O. history to be Sheriff. Anybody can apply. The dude talking to his Dad via the dry erase board was real talk. I felt him. Broken record time: Things are the way they are because a small % or our population speaks for all of us through the voting process. Mayor Emanuel was elected into office. This Mayor moves like all politicians by the strings of special interest groups and contributors. With the absence of mental health institutions our local businesses, schools, and neighborhoods are affected by theft or disruptions. When the migration of care goes to non-traditional establishments the state will go further into debt and stress the economy to a breaking point. Without treatment mental health and substance disorders can derail a community. Not just the families of the affected but the pods that are present in every community. This can also lead to an increase in criminal activity and uncertainty. This moves the population away from said community furthering its decline and value. Now take that and multiply it by all the centers closed or being closed because of a lack of a budget/funds in Illinois and ask yourself who is in office. Anybody? Anyone? No one here but us crazy people! Doberman789
This is just terribly sad and idiotic. Closing down half of the psychiatric hospitals in chicago was a horrible move. If you want to decrease the crime rate in your city this is not the way to do it. In the video it said that 75% of criminals suffer from some form of a mental illness. when closing these institutions down, these people were just released out in to the streets among the general population. Most of the people with the more severe forms of mental illnesses will not be able to function alone. This is why a lot of them turn to a life of crime. Sometimes they might not even now wrong from right because of their illness. A lot of times today people are purposefully going to jail so they can get the medication they need for their illness. This is because the prison system has 10 times more patients than the psychiatric hospitals have.
I agree with you 100% closing down the mental hospitals didn't help the situation at all, if anything it made it worse. We need those hospitals for a reason,to separate who is mentally ill and who is just a criminal. (or both) Most people would die to be able to afford to take their medication everyday and be in their right mind, but our systems are making that near impossible. -dicaprio789
It is unfortunate that the majority of inmates have some form of mental illness or cognitive disability. These individuals deserve more than a few nights in jail or a prison sentence. It is imperative that our society does not lump these individuals into a category with true criminals, because those who have mental illnesses are not criminals. Prisons and jails, and even the whole correctional system as a whole should not devote its resources to mentally ill people. The government needs to come up with another solution to deal with the mentally ill. As the video stated, the governments across the nation have deemed it 'too expensive' to operate asylums. Instead, it costs more to just shuffle them through the corrections system. It is also important to note that the corrections system can not solely treat all of the mentally ill that come through their jails or prisons. The ill should not be treated the same as a completely cognoscente criminal who committed the same crime. In some cases the mentally ill are trying to self medicate, should we lock them up on an equal basis as those who do drugs for recreational purposes. In another case, should we sentence a individual with mental issues for theft the same as we sentence anyone else for theft. If we consider that many individuals with mental health issues may not have a home or a family to rely on in the winter. In the end it is essential to consider any alternative options to correctional solutions. These people do not deserve punishment of the same scale that an average American would. Also considering costs, operational hindrance, and many other factors, it would be wise to invest in differing solutions that don't involve the correctional system.
I think you made a good point here, especially when you talked about how mentally ill people often are trying to self-medicate for their mental disorders when they are out in the street. It is cheaper and easier to self-medicate than it is to get a proper diagnosis from a doctor and continue to be able to afford the medication. Also, I think the fact that asylums being closed down across the country is setting our mentally ill people up for failure. If we close down the asylums, where do these people have to go? NOWHERE, except maybe jail if they are "lucky." Cards789
This video was an awesome one to watch, especially because it made viewers understand the raw statistics behind our mentally disabled people within the system. It also opened our eyes to the fact that THERE ARE MORE MENTALLY DISABLED PEOPLE INCARCERATED THAN THERE ARE IN INSTITUTIONS RECEIVING TREATMENT. That fact alone is mind-blowing and quite frustrating to me. When I heard them discuss the closing of asylums, and the fact that many of the mentally ill people from those asylums had nowhere to go when they shut down, is even more irritating. As I mentioned in my response to someone else's blog post, I cannot understand what we expected to happen when we closed down a bunch of asylums, and did not have a back up plan for the people already housed within the institution. If you kick them out of where they are safe and taken care of, what can you expect them to do with nothing? They are likely going to end up stealing, or homeless and eventually behind bars. It is sad to me that we allow this type of treatment of other people occur. It is absolutely ridiculous that no one cared about shutting down the asylums or the people in them. All we cared about at the time of making that decision was money, like usual. Then, the ironic outcome of the whole things is that it turns out it is MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE to take care of and house a mentally ill person who is incarcerated, than it is to keep them in asylums. WE MADE A HUGE MISTAKE, AND WE ARE STILL SITTING BACK AVOIDING THE PROBLEM! IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS AND DISHEARTENING! Cards789
When I heard them discuss the closing of asylums, I was irritated. The fact that many of the mentally ill people from those asylums had nowhere to go when they shut down, is even more irritating. ******** Cards789
I really loved this video i'm a huge mental health advocate, and I'm always down for learning more about our mental health systems. I think it's so interesting that cook county do a mental health asses while the prisoners are coming through the intake area. I've never really seen that before in a jail setting and I think that's something more jails need to do. 45% of intake have a mental illness that's so shocking to me. It's also very sad that most of our homeless people in America suffer from a mental illness, it's sad that people don't get the right treatment or it's so expensive in our country that people don't even have that choice. What really stuck with me was when the woman (who was a dr. i think) said we are basically going back in time and treating the mental ill like prisoners which shouldn't be the case at all. Mental health is very different from someone who is just a cold blooded killer. Mental health needs to be approached differently. Mental health needs to be taken seriously "more seriously" -dicaprio789
This cycle is going to remain endless unless the proper institutions are set up for those with mental health issues, and when the states finally admit that they have been increasing the problem. I'm old enough to remember when our classroom was Zellers. I had even met younger individuals who were inside of its walls for different reasons then to get an education. That was a different time, and its bizarre to think that those who couldn't get adequate help wound up being thrown on the streets, only to commit little crimes to continue getting the help they needed. The ones who couldn't think that far ahead would just wallow among the streets and deprive themselves proper help by instead using drugs, sex, alcohol, or other means to an end. There is however a large difference between being a non-violent offender who has wound up self-medicating themselves versus those who are self-medicating and are violent offenders. The violent offenders should be locked up in a special needs unit before going into the general prison/jail population. The nonviolent offenders should not even be considered as inmates or prisoners. I know I am discussing mental health issues among violent and nonviolent, but the violent offenders do have to be locked up because of the possibility of further attempts. Cook County has an interesting view on how to sort out the prisoners by utilizing social workers and members of other advocacy groups. Division between the two may be key, but it grieves me to think that they all have to share their struggles inside of a prison environment. Bars, no doors to close for silence, taunted by other inmates/mentally-disturbed individuals, and lack of overall respect is still not met even with the closed door sessions or prescriptions that are filled and handed out in a timely fashion. It helps a few, yes but it doesn't change the overall directive of the goal. The state has severely screwed up by shutting down half of the twelve institutions for mental health. The money is not there to fix this, and this is in my opinion alone, because the politicians were too concerned about their own election campaigns, mayors and governors. Political action committees and their micro-targeting are at fault. I'm thinking this growing rate of homelessness across the country will continue to spread like a wildfire because the prisons will not be able to hold everyone all of the time; so it'll grow exponentially. Not until instances of violence become prevalent when citizens begin taking arms against those who don't have mental health support out of their own stigmas and fears, will things change. Who knows for sure, prisons age and we watch many beg on the sides of the road or shake uncontrollably, and we do nothing. Many times we ourselves can't. Could it become another Attica on the outside of the walls in certain areas like New York's islands the same as it was in '71? If reform is never discussed for the mentally-ill, I'd say we'll see it at some point in our lives. - StrongArm789
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that we need to set up a better institution for people with mental illness. They need more help than just locking them up and giving them medication. If we had more mental health facilities we could help them a lot more than we could just putting them in jail or prison. We could also decrease the prison population because a lot of the prison population is non violent people that have mental health problems. dragons789
DeleteI also agree that there need to be differing options other than prison for individuals with mental illnesses. A correctional facility can not provide enough adequate care for those arrested and suffering from mental issues. With a reintegration of mental health facilities, we could remove the strain and some of the cost of operations for prisons and jails.
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This video dresses one of the biggest problems in the criminal justice system. Over 75 percent of inmates suffer from mental illness. If they don't already have one when they go to prison they normally develop one while they are serving their time. A lot of people with mental illness of people of lower income so they cannot afford to get the proper medication. They don't have a way to get to the mental health facilities and to purchase the proper medication.A lot of mental health facilities are getting shut down due to not enough funding because people don't realize exactly how important they are. They turn to self medicating with illegal drugs and they usually get caught and put in jail or prison. This is one reason why our prisons are so over crowded. If we had more mental health facilities for these people we could drastically decrease the prison population. A lot of the people with mental health problems don't mind going to jail because they can get the proper medication and feel closer to their normal self. We need to do things to fix this problem because Americas prisons are the largest mental health providers in the Unites States which is not how it should be. dragons789
ReplyDeleteMental health is a huge issue with correctional facilities; the majority of inmates that do come in are suffering from some type of mental disease. Correctional facilities in turn are becoming the biggest mental health facilities in the country. The problem is they don’t have enough resources to treat everyone properly to their individual needs or have the money to fund anything that will help them in the long run. Birdman789
DeleteThe video talks about the issue with mental health in corrections, the problem are that they are getting little help in the facilities sometimes and if they do get help they can be dependent on it. What I mean by being dependent is that the mentally ill inmates are getting their proper medication needs while they are incarcerated; when they leave they cannot get their medication as easy so they have episodes that can get them locked back up. The only upside to them being locked up is that they can get the medication they need. I liked what the Cook County Jail was doing with helping inmates, in the video they were doing anger management to some inmates; I think that it could be a valuable tool for the inmates to have. The only issue will be since the inmates won’t be in the jail too long then they can’t learn more or in depth than they would if they had the same classes while they were out. Birdman789
ReplyDeletemental health is a big problem in our correctional system. These people are not getting the proper help that they need. The prisons are the only real place they have to go. The cook county jail is doing something right. They are treating instead of punishing. Godzilla789
Delete'Lock me up, so I can get my meds' Sad but true. I did get that from watching this video also. I see an enabling behavior stemming from this. It's natural to want to help someone. Unfortunately it comes with certain problems. This is a terrible analogy BUT you're not supposed to feed wild animals because it 'domesticates' them and they lose their drive to forage or hunt prey. Ultimately, dying of starvation. Like I said terrible but applicable in a weird way. We are creating these problems for ourselves. I would like to see one mega-mental health complex in Peoria, IL. Tons of jobs and development of resources from state and federal government for the people of Central, IL. Doberman789
DeleteIts sad that jail and prison is the only way to get the proper medication for some people with mental illnesses. Its a vicious cycle for these people: put out on the streets with nowhere to go, no medication, have a psychotic episode that lands them in jail, get their medication, then they are released, rinse and repeat. The medication needs to be more readily available for these people or there needs to be more places for them to go to get help when needed.
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This was an amazing informative video. I had no idea the number of mentally ill people who are locked up in prisons and jails in our country. Then again these people who have these illnesses really have no place to go if they don't have any family to go to there aren't a lot of places for these people to go. for most of them these prisons and jails are the only place where they can get food and shelter. Its a shame that these people are treated as criminals when they go in there. The number of mentally ill people in prison is 10x the amount of the same people in hospitals. I like how the cook county is handling all the inmates they get. They put the severely mentally ill patients in a separate building and treat them like patients instead of inmates and try and help them. Godzilla789
ReplyDeleteIt's strange to think that in the span of only twenty years, institutions have shut and locked their doors to help those with mental disorders. To classify these individuals as being the same as criminals is a crime against humanity (my opinion). I wonder if this would stand to contend with the International Criminal Court. Cook County does have a unique way to sort the people before they are classified as one type or another. Adapting to the decisions of social workers to decide the mental capacity of these individuals may in turn lead to better health options in the long term. Over enough time and if initiated in other states, this may in turn cut down the penal cost and increase the state-funding for clinical channels. The blending is inappropriate on all levels but thankfully some are trying to address it. - StrongArm789
ReplyDeleteReply to Godzilla789 ^^^
DeleteI’m going with Hubert H. Humphrey on this one “…the moral test of government is how that government treats those in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; those who are in the shadows of life; the sick, the needy and the handicapped.” The governing body of Illinois has robbed the people of their mental health. Robbed them of their sensible care by closing mental health institutions. Put a bunch of ‘mentally questionable’ or ‘chemically dependent’ folks on the streets without any treatment. The crime activity will increase and the overall health of the city will decrease. Although Individuals who suffer from mental disorder are usually the ones being victimized. After watching this video I recall Zeller’s. Zeller closed circa 2002 and truth be told I don’t really know where those people went. I imagine when they were ‘released’ into society there was a stress on resources in Peoria. More calls for police departments to take. Homeless shelters at maximum capacity turning away people. That Sheriff. I bet he has no law enforcement background. He oozes social worker to me, not bad he just came off that way. You don’t have to have any L.E.O or C.O. history to be Sheriff. Anybody can apply. The dude talking to his Dad via the dry erase board was real talk. I felt him. Broken record time: Things are the way they are because a small % or our population speaks for all of us through the voting process. Mayor Emanuel was elected into office. This Mayor moves like all politicians by the strings of special interest groups and contributors.
ReplyDeleteWith the absence of mental health institutions our local businesses, schools, and neighborhoods are affected by theft or disruptions. When the migration of care goes to non-traditional establishments the state will go further into debt and stress the economy to a breaking point. Without treatment mental health and substance disorders can derail a community. Not just the families of the affected but the pods that are present in every community. This can also lead to an increase in criminal activity and uncertainty. This moves the population away from said community furthering its decline and value. Now take that and multiply it by all the centers closed or being closed because of a lack of a budget/funds in Illinois and ask yourself who is in office. Anybody? Anyone? No one here but us crazy people! Doberman789
This is just terribly sad and idiotic. Closing down half of the psychiatric hospitals in chicago was a horrible move. If you want to decrease the crime rate in your city this is not the way to do it. In the video it said that 75% of criminals suffer from some form of a mental illness. when closing these institutions down, these people were just released out in to the streets among the general population. Most of the people with the more severe forms of mental illnesses will not be able to function alone. This is why a lot of them turn to a life of crime. Sometimes they might not even now wrong from right because of their illness. A lot of times today people are purposefully going to jail so they can get the medication they need for their illness. This is because the prison system has 10 times more patients than the psychiatric hospitals have.
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I agree with you 100% closing down the mental hospitals didn't help the situation at all, if anything it made it worse. We need those hospitals for a reason,to separate who is mentally ill and who is just a criminal. (or both) Most people would die to be able to afford to take their medication everyday and be in their right mind, but our systems are making that near impossible. -dicaprio789
DeleteIt is unfortunate that the majority of inmates have some form of mental illness or cognitive disability. These individuals deserve more than a few nights in jail or a prison sentence. It is imperative that our society does not lump these individuals into a category with true criminals, because those who have mental illnesses are not criminals. Prisons and jails, and even the whole correctional system as a whole should not devote its resources to mentally ill people. The government needs to come up with another solution to deal with the mentally ill. As the video stated, the governments across the nation have deemed it 'too expensive' to operate asylums. Instead, it costs more to just shuffle them through the corrections system. It is also important to note that the corrections system can not solely treat all of the mentally ill that come through their jails or prisons. The ill should not be treated the same as a completely cognoscente criminal who committed the same crime. In some cases the mentally ill are trying to self medicate, should we lock them up on an equal basis as those who do drugs for recreational purposes. In another case, should we sentence a individual with mental issues for theft the same as we sentence anyone else for theft. If we consider that many individuals with mental health issues may not have a home or a family to rely on in the winter. In the end it is essential to consider any alternative options to correctional solutions. These people do not deserve punishment of the same scale that an average American would. Also considering costs, operational hindrance, and many other factors, it would be wise to invest in differing solutions that don't involve the correctional system.
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I think you made a good point here, especially when you talked about how mentally ill people often are trying to self-medicate for their mental disorders when they are out in the street. It is cheaper and easier to self-medicate than it is to get a proper diagnosis from a doctor and continue to be able to afford the medication. Also, I think the fact that asylums being closed down across the country is setting our mentally ill people up for failure. If we close down the asylums, where do these people have to go? NOWHERE, except maybe jail if they are "lucky." Cards789
DeleteThis video was an awesome one to watch, especially because it made viewers understand the raw statistics behind our mentally disabled people within the system. It also opened our eyes to the fact that THERE ARE MORE MENTALLY DISABLED PEOPLE INCARCERATED THAN THERE ARE IN INSTITUTIONS RECEIVING TREATMENT. That fact alone is mind-blowing and quite frustrating to me. When I heard them discuss the closing of asylums, and the fact that many of the mentally ill people from those asylums had nowhere to go when they shut down, is even more irritating. As I mentioned in my response to someone else's blog post, I cannot understand what we expected to happen when we closed down a bunch of asylums, and did not have a back up plan for the people already housed within the institution. If you kick them out of where they are safe and taken care of, what can you expect them to do with nothing? They are likely going to end up stealing, or homeless and eventually behind bars. It is sad to me that we allow this type of treatment of other people occur. It is absolutely ridiculous that no one cared about shutting down the asylums or the people in them. All we cared about at the time of making that decision was money, like usual. Then, the ironic outcome of the whole things is that it turns out it is MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE to take care of and house a mentally ill person who is incarcerated, than it is to keep them in asylums. WE MADE A HUGE MISTAKE, AND WE ARE STILL SITTING BACK AVOIDING THE PROBLEM! IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS AND DISHEARTENING! Cards789
ReplyDeleteWhen I heard them discuss the closing of asylums, I was irritated. The fact that many of the mentally ill people from those asylums had nowhere to go when they shut down, is even more irritating. ********
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I really loved this video i'm a huge mental health advocate, and I'm always down for learning more about our mental health systems. I think it's so interesting that cook county do a mental health asses while the prisoners are coming through the intake area. I've never really seen that before in a jail setting and I think that's something more jails need to do. 45% of intake have a mental illness that's so shocking to me. It's also very sad that most of our homeless people in America suffer from a mental illness, it's sad that people don't get the right treatment or it's so expensive in our country that people don't even have that choice. What really stuck with me was when the woman (who was a dr. i think) said we are basically going back in time and treating the mental ill like prisoners which shouldn't be the case at all. Mental health is very different from someone who is just a cold blooded killer. Mental health needs to be approached differently. Mental health needs to be taken seriously "more seriously" -dicaprio789
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