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Why don't we have a place to house them and provide mental health care and recovery services, outside of jails?


We 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.


Not 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.


You ever get the bill for an inpatient mental health stay? I hope these homeless people have better health insurance than me.




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