ashleyorelse t1_is694ex wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:34 PM

Reply to comment by FiendishHawk in In Pa. county jails, people with mental illness are routinely met with pepper spray and stun guns by WITFnews

Exactly.

Their real achievement is convincing poor and middle class people to adopt the same mindset, but without the resources. Not only that, but to advocate it for others.

FiendishHawk t1_is6fqzk wrote on October 13, 2022 at 5:17 PM

Ordinary people can’t necessarily take troubled relatives into their homes because they have other responsibilities and limited resources. If you can only afford to rent a room for yourself, you can’t necessarily let your drug addict brother stay. If you have children at home, a schizophrenic relative with terrifying behaviors might cause them to grow up traumatized. This is why people end up on the streets despite have family.