Proposal to Correct the Institutional Injustices For Mental Illness and Addictions Patients

Over the past 50 years we have gone from institutionalizing people with mental illnesses, often in subhuman conditions, to incarcerating them at unprecedented and appalling rates – putting recovery out of reach for millions of Americans. These people are not all the same. They are a heterogeneous group.
A small subgroup does resemble the State hospital patients of yesteryear, and their presence in our jails/prisons is one of the most egregious and 10 Ways To Keep Your Body Healthy disturbing images related to our failed systems of care. The availability of intensive care models, including hospital care for some, is …