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Originally Posted by Hellion
They should eliminate there being a 'worst place' to go as a patient...if someone is getting treatment the goal should be to improve their condition right? How the hell are they going to do that in a facility described as being a step up from a prison?
'Oh only people with mental problems who have committed crimes go there' well they still should be getting proper treatment a facility one step above a prison does not seem like a good way to do that.
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From what I understand of Bridgewater State, the patients are usually if not always those who have actually been arrested but not mentally fit to stand trial or sentenced but too ill to be in the regular prison population.
The goal there is to get people "well" enough to stand trial. It is a sad situation as our jails have become places to warehouse addicts and the mentally ill. At least MA acknowledges the mentally ill suspects/criminals by providing this facility.
But if it were me, I think I would prefer actual prison. Prisoners have more rights than the forcibly hospitalized.