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Involuntary in-patient psych care is different than prison because it is focused on improving someone's life, managing a potentially dangerous condition, etc. T
by Pfhreak 6y ago
Involuntary in-patient psych care is different than prison because it is focused on improving someone's life, managing a potentially dangerous condition, etc. They (should be) a hopeful place, a place of healing. They don't always live up to that, of course, but at least the objectives are correct.
Prisons are not places of rehabilitation in the US, and a person who is suffering from a severe mental illness is likely to suffer profound abuse in prison.
- ryandrake 6y agoInvoluntary psychiatric facilities also have a rather checkered past when it comes to human rights, to put it mildly. Anywhere you hold someone against their will eventually becomes fraught, no matter what the stated purpose of the facility is.
- Pfhreak 6y agoTrue, though I'd much rather have a well funded, competently run mental health facility than a well funded, competently run prison.