No Charges Prison For Guards Who Allegedly Boiled Schizophrenic Black Man to Death

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(03-21-2017, 10:22 AM)michaelsean Wrote: You're damned if you do and damned if you don't.  It seems, and I'm sure it's not as black and   white, that we had a strange alliance of conservatives who didn't want to pay for mental hospitals, and liberals who didn't think people should be confined in them.  Some people cannot take care of themselves.  These people need a place to go where they can be taken care of, and treated, and maybe in some instances get well enough to be on their own.  Obviously most could never pay for this, so this is where we do.  You take care of those who are incapable of caring for themselves.

You also have those who cannot afford prescription drugs and turn to illegal drugs and end up in prison. And those who turn to illegal drugs because the side effects aren't as bad as prescription drugs and end up in jail. 

Many are homeless.

There's a good documentary about this and Skid Row called Lost Angels.