• endhits@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Using due process to put people (housed or not) with serious mental illnesses into a dedicated care facility is fine.

    That’s my point. My desire is a system where the homeless are assisted in transition back to normal life, including rehab if they’re suffering from addiction.

    I don’t believe all the ills of the homeless are tied to mental illness.

    • underisk@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      Then I’m not really sure what your point has to do with mine. What you’re describing is not what Regan destroyed through deinstitutionalization, and I wouldn’t really call a system like that a “mental institution”.