Those with mental illness are at a clear disadvantage in most – if not all – aspects of society. Even with the appropriate therapies and/or medications, a person with a mental illness not only suffers the disadvantages within themselves that a mental disorder brings, but also all of the societal and systematic disadvantages a person without a mental illness might overlook or dismiss as too unimportant or insignificant to consider. This – unfortunately – does not end at our criminal justice system. This paper will work to address the issue of mental health at the level of the criminal justice system and the level of a broader societal viewpoint. This paper will be broken down into three essential sections. Firstly, statistics about the selective
