"Where there is no vision…the people perish…"

Our current objective is to strive to persuade our legislators to change the laws regarding how mentally ill individuals are processed in the justice system.

The D.O.C. has become a warehouse for the mentally ill, which is a sad commentary. When the mentally ill are released from prison they do not have adequate housing, thus they wander the streets, break into abandon buildings for shelter, are taken advantage of, and use illegal drugs to self medicate. Finding housing is always difficult for ex-offenders, but the challenge is even more acute for the mentally ill who need treatment. "For the severely mentally ill, there is virtually no facility designed for long-term inpatient care," says Sherri Sullivan, director of Bridgeview Manor, the only residential treatment center in Ohio that accepts the indigent mentally ill. "If they exist, they exist in the form of a group home, and most group homes don't offer treatment."

I feel this country really needs to take a serious look at how the mentally ill are being treated and come up with some realistic solutions to this disturbing problem. If you feel the way I do, please sign-up and become a member. We might be able to correct some of these problems, but change only comes with the support and demand of the citizens.
“If we want change, we will have to fight for it, we cannot hide from it”

If you go to the video resource link below and watch the youtube video called Fault Lines "Mental Illness in America's Prisons," you will get a better understanding of what the mentally ill have to endure, in and out of the prison system.

In Solidarity,
Rhonda
M.I.S.S. Founder