How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind

Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by sbierwagen on Sunday October 30, 2022 @01:59PM (#33396888)

>So is prison meant to reform or punish?

As downtown SF is currently demonstrating, prison is designed to separate. If you let violent criminals and the mentally ill sleep on the street and steal at will, it makes life much worse for everyone else than it makes life better for them.

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Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by stemlord on Sunday October 30, 2022 @03:30PM (#33397758)

Do the mentally ill belong in prison?

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Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by opportune on Sunday October 30, 2022 @03:55PM (#33398007)

Mental illness isn't a valid excuse for antisocial behavior. Free treatment should be made available, and if it isn't used or not enough on its own, they should be put in "inpatient mental healthcare"

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Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by bergenty on Sunday October 30, 2022 @09:52PM (#33401136)

Dangerous mentally ill people belong somewhere that isn’t on the streets. Bring back flop/workhouses and sanitariums.

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