I agree. But after the 60's they closed most of the big mental hospitals where tens of thousands were sort of warehoused. Ever seen the movie, "One flew over the cuckoo's nest" or "Girl, Interrupted"? Both were set in the early 60's when there were many such hospitals. They still have some, mostly for the criminally insane, but only a fraction of what there used to be. They built more prisons instead.
Right. Only the truly insane get put into mental hospitals now. At least for the long term. The rest are judged, "Guilty but mentally ill" and sent to regular prison where they give them their daily pills but are treated just like any other prisoner.
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I agree. But after the 60's they closed most of the big mental hospitals where tens of thousands were sort of warehoused. Ever seen the movie, "One flew over the cuckoo's nest" or "Girl, Interrupted"? Both were set in the early 60's when there were many such hospitals. They still have some, mostly for the criminally insane, but only a fraction of what there used to be. They built more prisons instead.
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Yeh, I think that they just decided to send them all to prison unless they really believed that the criminal didn't know what was what.
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Right. Only the truly insane get put into mental hospitals now. At least for the long term. The rest are judged, "Guilty but mentally ill" and sent to regular prison where they give them their daily pills but are treated just like any other prisoner.