Reply to "Prison vs. Hospital"

It's an interesting question.

I was reading a news piece today where the accused in a murder trial was given the diagnosis of schizophrenia. In the comments below the story, people were pretty positive he would get off and be sent to a hospital rather than jail.

It came down to this; jail is a place you pay for your crimes rather than a place to be rehabilitated. For others though, it was simply a safety issue to get this man away from others. In that way, prisons and asylums have shared a need to protect 'us' from 'them'.

Maybe it's about rethinking the current systems and what their goals are/ should be.

4/5/134:57 PM

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