The article doesn't mention family or other support systems for these people if they were released. Let's say we release all these old people from prison as th

The article doesn't mention family or other support systems for these people if they were released. Let's say we release all these old people from prison as the article suggests. Where would they go? Do they have someone to take care of them? It seems more reasonable that these people should be in the mental health system? Possibly committed? Letting these people loose on the streets seems like the worst idea.