The mentally ill in prisons don’t get good treatment. They use the cheapest drugs to treat them. The mentally ill in jails are disposable. And what does that say about us? I learned about this from a lady who spent time in jail. They had her strapped down in a chair for days. She went cold turkey from all her medications and convulsed. She could have died. She did not even belong in jail. They made a mistake arresting her. Her psychiatrist gave the jail hell for what they did. Then I found out how poor treatment the mentally ill get in jails. They don’t really care about them. It is only now they are beginning to address the problem. And there are more mentally ill in jails than in hospitals. That is a travesty.
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It is a travesty there are more mentally ill in prisons than in hospitals. Part of that is there are few state hospitals and often the money disappeared. It, often, did not go for the necessary community services to provide the support some people needed. In fact, the budget for service for the mentally ill already bare bone keeps getting trimmed. What ever happened to the idea we are our brothers’ keeper. Now the jails are being forced to treat the mentally ill. And they want to use as little money as possible, use the cheapest drugs when other new ones would be more appropriate. If you are manic they force you to take Thorazine for it is a cheap but is an outmoded treatment. If you are a prisoner and happen to be mentally ill you have no civil rights or say about the matter. It is really disgusting and inhumane.
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