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Re:Seattle Faces Backlash After Easing on Crimes Involving M... by DanBC on Friday July 12, 2019 @05:51PM (#20424849)
You put people in hospital as patients getting treatment, rather than in prison as convicts being punished.
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Re:Seattle Faces Backlash After Easing on Crimes Involving M... by coryrc on Friday July 12, 2019 @06:15PM (#20425010)
So putting the other hospital patients and nurses at risk? Western State Hospital has regular assaults against the staff and other patients.
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Re:Seattle Faces Backlash After Easing on Crimes Involving M... by DanBC on Saturday July 13, 2019 @04:19AM (#20427080)
You can create hospitals that are designed to treat people who are mentally ill.
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