Mental Ill Individuals While In Prison

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Kelly,

These people receive the help and protection while in prison, but like you said wheres the help when they are released back into society. If facilities are created to specifically focus on mental ill individuals they will receive the help and protection while there, but will they receive that help once released. No matter how much we help these people while their incarcerated, or while they are in mental facilities what matters is the help they receive once their back in society on their own. When they are on their own their is no one their to tell them they need to take their meds or they need to go talk to someone, its all up to

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