why are there mental hospitals and jails, couldn't mental patients and criminals go to the same building
wouldn't it save a lot of money for the economy if we only had one
2006-06-30 15:33:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
This is a pet peeve to me- Our country decided to do away with "nut houses" years ago. We know have mentally sick people walking around, committing crimes, dirty , hungry, unable to care for themselves. A large portion of homeless are mentally ill. Remember not every mentally ill person commits a crime but many mentally ill persons become crime victims. Criminals sometimes have mental deficiency and their are jails for the the mentally insane- so we take care of the criminally insane but if you are mentally ill you have to go to a regular hospital with a special "ward" for those type of people.
What a joke. It is a national shame that we do not take care of our own and that includes the elderly. The cost of jailing and re-jailing the mentally ill is costly- with the cost of public defenders all the numerous out services that are provided by cities, counties and states is unbelievable. Vets are also a share of homeless - we need to take care of our own. We need to take the burden off the local government and get the help the mentally ill need at a timely more consistent basic. I do not have the answer but I know that an ounce of prevention is a pound of cure--- let's cure and in the long run reduce costs. Thanks for a great question.
2006-07-07 12:36:42 · answer #1 · answered by LORI Z 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in mental hospitals, they treat people who are sick and can be cured and that they need special attention. They don't do anything bad.
But in jail, that's where criminals who have done something bad go to recieve bad treatment. They deserve to be in jail.
Those are two different kinds of people that shouldn't be classified the same by going to the same building.
2006-06-30 15:39:54 · answer #2 · answered by stylish gal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are mental institutions that are designed just for the criminally insane. they are older prisons or buildings renovated for such use. most prisons and jails have medical wards for the insane. the really bad ones go to the institutions and will never get out. those are the really bad nut cases who can't stop killing and such. there is actually more jails built all the time but the insane prisons you might get one every so often compared to fifty new jails.
2006-06-30 15:42:17 · answer #3 · answered by hollywood71@verizon.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all mental patients have commited crimes, and not all criminals have mental problems.
They both have different needs.
It's unfair to treat a mental patient like a criminal, and it is also unfair to treat a criminal like a mental patient.
It would save money, but it wouldn't be right.
2006-06-30 15:36:57 · answer #4 · answered by x_chasing_safety_x 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no because it is to hard to keep up security and there is a chance by conbinding the two that a criminal can get into the mental hospital side and cause some reall damage, it is better to keep them separate
2006-06-30 18:31:27 · answer #5 · answered by Coconuts 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a difference between people who cannot live in the soceity and people who should not live in the soceity. they need different treatment and different correction terefore different institutes
2006-06-30 15:39:47 · answer #6 · answered by SURAJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because criminals deserve bad treatment.
2006-06-30 15:36:11 · answer #7 · answered by sunflowers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come on,fess up. You are an undercover politician, or maybe a cop, aren't you?
2006-06-30 15:41:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
exactly what sunflower said
2006-06-30 15:37:19 · answer #9 · answered by ~∂Їβ~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will come to know when you will go there.........
2006-07-07 03:59:29 · answer #10 · answered by mtc678 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋