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Re:Retired detective: We got it wrong in Robert Roberson's d... by nickff on Friday May 24, 2024 @04:07PM (#40470034)
The vast majority of prisons are run by governments, and even private prisons are regulated. Using hospitals as a substitute for prisons will result in harm to treatable individuals, as well as more stigmatization of mental illness.
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Re:Retired detective: We got it wrong in Robert Roberson's d... by tonyarkles on Friday May 24, 2024 @04:17PM (#40470128)
As well as treating mental hospitals as potentially permanent prisons even if the crime itself has a finite sentence. In a world with no bad actors it might make sense but it only takes one bad psychiatrist (or psychiatric facility) to punish a perfectly sane individual indefinitely (or drive them to actual insanity after prolonged confinement and unnecessary psychiatric treatment)
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