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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
What if someone is on a community treatment order in which they are monitored in order to ensure that they are taking their medications on a scheduled time and that people who are trained are able to see if there are any side effects and the like. People with schizophrenia are able to lead healthy productive lives with the assistance of medication. While I agree that it would need to be implemented with strict guidelines, a timetable and preferably a monitoring system but I do think it is better than locking someone up for an indeterminate amount of time because of something that they did when they weren't really themselves.
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And how much is this trained person going to cost compared to them being locked up knowing almost certainly they will never be able to attack? What is the trained specialist doesn't notice in time or is so over worked missed the signs? I get the comfort of his or her sorry if that person happens to kill someone I know?
I understand there are many people with schizophrenia who live normal lives but honest question, I don't know where to find the answer. How many mentally ill people who have committed murder currently live a normal life compared to those who reoffend in some way?
I'm not saying you lock them all up (#### aren't we all a little crazy?) but it should be similar justice for sane and insane. If you are insane you get help in a hospital but if you are well enough to be in public after taking a life than you can finish your time in a jail. Prove in there you can take your meds every day and you will behave, not a practice run in my backyard.