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Their Families Said They Needed Treatment. Mississippi Officials Threw Them in Jail

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by wgbgator, Jul 28, 2023.

  1. wgbgator

    wgbgator Premium Member

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    While Mississippi would seem to be an outlier here in terms of this particular horror, our concern for mental health in this country doesn't strike me as serious when I see stories like this.

    They Needed Treatment. Mississippi Threw Them in Jail Without Charges. — ProPublica

     
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  2. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    Florida Man is a silly meme that is overdone.

    Mississippi Man is where it's at!
     
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  3. sierragator

    sierragator GC Hall of Fame

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    That said, unfortunately the biggest mental health facilities in our country are our prisons. It is not illegal to be mentally ill and it is an urban myth that those with mental illness are more dangerous than the rest of the population. They are more likely to be the victims of crime than to be the perpetrators. Things like the Baker Act or the 5150 have to be carefully crafted to ensure safety while at the same time protecting civil liberties. Resources are sorely lacking.
     
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  4. mutz87

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    Highlights how cruelty and laziness is a feature of the system. Mississippi is the dregs, bringing up the rear across numerous metrics but in some ways they're not all that different than most states--at least historically.