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1. There are two factors to take into account here.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue May 14, 2024, 09:02 PM

May 2024

1. Just how mentally ill the person is.
Some schizophrenics are really dangerous.
They need to be in an institution.

2. The actual institutions.
Institutions used to be warehouses for the mentally ill.
At best.
Inmates were tortured, assaulted, tied up, chained to beds, etc.
I'm hoping these places are not anything like that at all anymore.

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Justice Department: Nebraska unnecessarily institutionalizes people with mental illness [View all] Omaha Steve May 2024 OP

There are two factors to take into account here. Archae May 2024 #1

I suspect that the Court would agree that the truly dangerous do need confinement. cstanleytech May 2024 #2

The question is who makes that determination. Archae May 2024 #3

The system is flawed, but that is hardly the fault of patients. thucythucy May 2024 #4

People Involuntarily RobinA May 2024 #5

True. But thucythucy May 2024 #7

I'm guessing the word "unnecessarily" plays the biggest factor here. sybylla May 2024 #6

In This Country RobinA May 2024 #8

Again, the article cites violations. It has happened. sybylla May 2024 #9