tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post113864574149140543..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Unfunded mandate: Counties struggle to pay for mentally incompetent inmates' careGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-50709327873962301682011-01-08T13:33:00.340-06:002011-01-08T13:33:00.340-06:00Why should the taxpayers be saddled wi moreth craz...Why should the taxpayers be saddled wi moreth crazy criminals? The corrupt MHMR system should be sold to private mental helath/mental retardation companies who must fund themselves without using public money. Those private companies should be able to do as they please regarding treatment solutions, including charging the patients and/or their families for care. We the taxpayers, are tired of paying the millions and millions it takes from us each year for MHMR. Especially for criminals. Sell and privatize!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-15402649424059791682009-10-24T17:14:15.806-05:002009-10-24T17:14:15.806-05:00Free online car insurance quotes. More than auto i...<a href="http://www.bayareainsurancequotes.com" rel="nofollow"><br />Free online car insurance quotes. More than auto insurance, get quotes for motorcycle insurance, ATV, RV, homeowners, renters, condo, mobile home, flood</a>Debt1Consolidationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05246057741413356487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1171659928248217792007-02-16T15:05:00.000-06:002007-02-16T15:05:00.000-06:00I agree with all the comments.No one should have t...I agree with all the comments.No one should have to "wait" in a cell especially the mentally ill and those found incompetent. No easy answers but to make our legislators accountable. But what happens in a state mental hospital is just as bad.Staff tries to incalculate upon patients to be made found competent, They go back to court and forget what they were "coached" to say and do. Mental Ilness is not a switch you turn on and off at someone's convenience, its a disease. I believe that community care and treatment is cost effective and courts can deal with competent defendants while we try to work with the mentally ill, not to say don't hold them accountable, just use different methods. MH hospitals are lacking funds in Texas. They are understaffed, and this "competency" class room is a joke. Judges and prosecutors, and defense attorneys know that incalculating someone is not fair game; its like training Shamu the whale to do and act like we want her and she will do it after much coaching. Let's utilize our resources better and wiser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1138658954022797082006-01-30T16:09:00.000-06:002006-01-30T16:09:00.000-06:00This is a huge problem. One of my clients has bee...This is a huge problem. One of my clients has been waiting for almost four months to go to the state hospital.<BR/><BR/>http://injusticeanywhere.blogspot.com/2006/01/mentally-ill-languishing-in-jail.html123txpublicdefender123https://www.blogger.com/profile/16074278445586583355noreply@blogger.com