"dr. ldmf [ph.d, j.d.]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi Sue, I think you've hit on what might help, a midway replacement
(please correct and/or elaborate) for prison-psychiatric-wards and
psychiatric-hospital criminal-wards. I don't know about the funding, but
special institutions dedicated to this one situation, which itself
contains many complex situations, would be a boon. Thx for the post!
Best wishes, :) LDMF.
PS: I misspelled 'Medical Sociology' in my prior post, and it was meant
as a wave to Doc, who has this speciality, so I correct it here. I hope.
:)
----------------------Sue Hartigan wrote:------------------------------
> Hi Dr. L.:
>
> I have always felt that with our overcrowded prison system there could
> be another way of handling addicts, other than putting them in prison.
>
> Perhaps a hospital setting with guards to make sure they remain there
> until "cured".
>
> I don't think that most addicts that go to prison, however go there
> because of their use of drugs, per se. I think that they end up in
> prison because of the behavior that happens as a result of the use of
> the drugs.
>
> I heard not to long ago that the major portion of the people who are in
> prison are there as a result of drugs. Something like 80%. I think
> that sounds like a very large percentage, but it may be true.
>
> The revolving doors that we have in California are because of the over
> population problem in the prisons, so if something could be done, other
> than prison, for these people who are addicted to drugs then perhaps we
> could keep the Singleton's and others such as him in prison for their
> full terms.
>
> Addiction is a disease, whether it be alcohol or drugs, or anything
> else. And if the addiction is treated, the result will be that a the
> crime rate will go down, IMO. And prison is not a treatment facility,
> so IMO we need to go down the road of perhaps setting up hospitals where
> these people are ordered to go and stay until they can be released into
> society again with perhaps 12 step followup treatment.
>
> I don't see where this would be anymore expensive that putting them into
> prison, and in the long run perhaps a lot less expensive for society.
>
> Sue
> >
> > Hi Sue - this is certainly a difficult issue. Concurrently 'sick and
> > criminal' (an individual factor, a social factor -- though that's too
> > simplistic a distinction) which should be treated? I understand prisons
> > have psychiatric wards and psychiatric hospitals have criminal wards; I
> > would think that working in these fields would be extremely
> > challenging. What would you prefer as the disposition? And I wonder
> > what the comparative costs are? Maybe Doc and others will come in on
> > this one (as to medical sociologuy, etc.) Glad you posted this. :) LDMF.
>
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>
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> 2.
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