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sybylla

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6. I'm guessing the word "unnecessarily" plays the biggest factor here.

Reply to Archae (Reply #1)

Wed May 15, 2024, 11:13 AM

May 2024

In my book, to be locked up against my will away from family/people who know me and care for me would be torture.

I'm glad it's getting looked into.

Edited to add: it says right in the quote above that there were "identified violations," so this isn't debatable. There are problems in Nebraska.

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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