Backed-up mental health facilities leaves patient behind bars
A back up at Illinois mental health facilities is keeping some patients behind bars instead of in treatment.
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8 Comments
Sad situation. At least the Sheriff is trying to do the right thing.
Wow they definitely need to more mental health facilities more than jails and prisons
And they all should be made to do mental health classes all the time and they should be evaluated a lot more often before in they start years into it a few times a year because they have a lot of trauma they go through on a daily and most of them are half crazy themselves
This is a failure of our nation. We’re going to incarnate ill people rather than treat them. Of course there is personal responsibility, debt to society needs remediated. Know that storing humans isn’t really justice. This isn’t rehab or healing or helping people come back to society. This doesn’t address the problems, this is limbo.
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You can thank Ronald Reagan for defunding the mental health system decades ago.
Where to get the money
The reason there are not enough mental health beds is because of the Medicaid budget. CMS only has so much money to spend and states issue permits within their budget. Until yall stop voting for people who cut the budget even more then this is going to get worse not better.