Can mentaly ill people go to jail?

Question

If you have a mental condition can you do time in jail? Like lets say depression or something else

Answer 1

yes,of course ,it can be treated in jail.
only if the motivation for crime comes from dominate psycho-pathological cause someone can get exculpation

Answer 2

Yes, they can go to jail. I am not exactly sure what your question is.

If you mean do they go to a mental health facility instead of prison after commiting a crime; its a grey area, because they need to have a full diagnoses, and this can still be put into question.

If you mean should a person who does not know what they are doing(schizophrenia, possibly) be put in jail. Yes, they can. A mental illness can alter how you will be treated if you commit a crime, but many factors are needed to come to a conclusion on every individual case.

You also may mean, can the government just put a mentally ill person in prison for no reason. Laws have been introduced in the UK to lock up people with personality disorders without any charges being presented.

Answer 3

You are not going to go to jail for having a mental disorder. You will go to jail for committing a crime. Just because you have a mental condition does not prevent that.

If in jail or prison the city/county/state will be responsible for your mental treatment. If, because of a mental disorder, you commit a crime you are considered to be a threat to yourself and others. Your sentence may include mandatory treatment, with satisfactory results, before you can be released.

In some states, if you claim insanity as your defense, the will place you into a mental hospital until you are considered sane enough to stand trial. It would be up to your attorney to prove that this was the reason you did your crime to keep you from then being sentenced.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

It is not a crime to have a mental illness, so we don't send people to jail for that, but we might have them committed to psych ward if they are a danger to self or others. If you commit a crime and have a mental illness, you can plead not guilty by reason of insanity. But being mentally ill is not necessarily the same thing as being insane. The relevant question there is whether you understood the nature and quality of your crime at the time you committed the dirty deed. If you are convicted and go to jail/prison, you'll be entitled to free psychiatric services. If you're convicted and get the death sentence, there will be all kinds of proceedings to determine if you are of sound enough mind to understand why we're strapping you into the electric chair.

Answer 5

If one is suffering from depression but does not commit any crime, he will be treated by the respective specialist/s.

But however, if he has commited a crime and sentence to jail but at the same time diagnosed to be suffering from depression, the person will most likely be treated for depression in a mental hospital and serve his jail term later.

Answer 6

Yes. Haven't you seen those shows they have on every weekend with the supermax prisons and stuff? The big ones even have whole psych units sometimes. It seems like half the prisoners have serious mental illnesses. If you could get out of it by being depressed, no one would go. Prison is depressing.

Answer 7

it depends on the crime and the illness. OCD is a mental illness but im pretty sure you can serve time in jail with that one

Answer 8

Absolutely

Answer 9

every single day -but they must have either committed a crime or be suspects in one. mentally ill people can also hold successful jobs and be productive individuals if they choose.

Answer 10

yes