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> The guy on the corner screaming and smoking meth is NOT a representative homeless person - it's a second issue that doesn't really have a word. In general, t
by calibas 3y ago
> The guy on the corner screaming and smoking meth is NOT a representative homeless person - it's a second issue that doesn't really have a word.
In general, those are mentally ill people who aren't getting proper treatment. They don't have family members willing or able to support them, so they slip through the cracks in our social systems.
To me, it's cruel to treat these people like criminals, so I fundamentally disagree that they should be arrested.
- solardev 3y agoWhy don't we have a place to house them and provide mental health care and recovery services, outside of jails?
- local_crmdgeon 3y agoWe do, but there's a subset that's too violent to go to a halfway house. The subway pusher set needs to be warehoused. Not necessarily in prison but the old asylums need to come back at least.
- calibas 3y agoNot true, at least in California. The state-run facilities are completely full, and they turn people away even when there's serious mental health issues.
- hotpotamus 3y agoYou ever get the bill for an inpatient mental health stay? I hope these homeless people have better health insurance than me.