After reading this article, the need for finding an alternative solution to sentencing a mentally ill person to jail time is definite. Mentally ill people must be treated, not thrown into a jail for something they can barely control. If a mentally ill man is simply sentenced to jail, there would be no lesson for that particular man. If the man was truly mentally ill, he wouldn't process the fact that such a crime would result in such consequences. On the other hand, if the mentally ill man is allowed the chance to go to a treatment program, there is a chance that he would get stabilized. Such was the case with a mentally ill man, a U.S. Army veteran, that came under the chance to not go to jail for 32 months, but instead, take one-hour long
