Darius McCollum [0] comes to mind. Clearly he might endanger people with his stunts, but just as clearly it's because of his mental illness. If someone refuses

Darius McCollum [0] comes to mind. Clearly he might endanger people with his stunts, but just as clearly it's because of his mental illness. If someone refuses treatment for a fatal illness, isn't that a clear sign of mental illness to you? To me, that's barely different from "God talked to me through my dog's poop and commanded me to poison my neighbor". Yes, clearly you don't want neither the TB-spreader nor the Poisoner running around doing their thing. But is jail the approach you'd go for? I'd call those cases more crazy than criminal. A psych hospital would be a much better approach imho. Granted, they can look a lot like jails, but maybe that's something that could be changed instead of just using jail as a one-size-fits-all thing. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_McCollum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_McCollum