According to the Florida Mental Health Institute, chronically mentally ill people are a major source of spending for the criminal justice system.
Again, we're already spending the money, but it's likely inefficient and ineffective as healthcare treatment when doled out in a prison system and does little to mitigate the spread of crime given how many repeat offenses there are. Clearly something about how we're treating these folks is not working, so why are we married to this approach?
