Mental Illness has a stigma that most people do not want to be associated with. Some would rather not seek help with mental health diagnosis because of the fear of being called crazy. This being the reason that when someone finds himself or herself in a mental health crisis they have a better chance of running into law enforcement officials rather than seek medical help. This mentality adds almost 2million people that have a mental illness into Jails in the United States. Fifteen percent of those that are held in jail are men that have a serious mental health condition while of those woman that are held in jail 30% suffer from serious mental health conditions (NAMI, 2016). The approach to being able to reduce recidivism in this population
