Jails and Prisons Becoming the New Mental Hospitals

[Jayson]

It seems like they are the new mental hospitals, and it's a very sad situation. How did it get like this? What can be done to change things?

 

[Teri W]

There is no need to change anything. Jails are called correctional centres for a reason. It should be a place where people get rehabilitated. That's why mental health programs should be integrated into the jails' correctional program to stimulate a reshaping of the minds of the inmates.

 

[Jayson]

There is no need to change anything. Jails are called correctional centres for a reason. It should be a place where people get rehabilitated. That's why mental health programs should be integrated into the jails' correctional program to stimulate a reshaping of the minds of the inmates.

There's no argument here on that, but I was just pointing stuff out, but some could say that many shouldn't be treated in jail, but rather another institution.