tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post3953702991494650671..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-32659310353925607402014-04-15T08:31:48.087-04:002014-04-15T08:31:48.087-04:00On the plus side, this poor mentally deranged woma...On the plus side, this poor mentally deranged woman didn't win a US House seat.<br /><br />To what Yas said, it's true that our prisons now offer better help for people with mental problems, than our medical system does.<br /><br />And it has, since the 70's, when for budgetary reasons, we started closing down many of the institutions where people with mental problems could go and get help, and stay there until they were judged to no longer be a risk to themselves and/or others.<br /><br />That system, of course, had it's own problems, as beautifully described in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."<br />But not all facilities were like that. <br />Some were terrific - I know, I had cousins confined in one in NY City for short while, back in the late 60's and early 70's.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-39592224705079928222014-04-14T23:29:17.521-04:002014-04-14T23:29:17.521-04:00Definitely not just violent. Per this 2011 NPR sto...Definitely not just violent. Per this 2011 NPR story many are just "acting out" and it sounds like they're doing it as a desperate way to get treatment. http://www.npr.org/2011/09/04/140167676/nations-jails-struggle-with-mentally-ill-prisoners Because the US prison system provides more treatment for mentally ill than the medical system does. I did not know that and it makes me sick.Yastreblyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335868257729063363noreply@blogger.com