A Plea for Help – Broken Mental Health System


A Plea for Help – Broken Mental Health System
The Issue
🚨 OUR COMMUNITY IS IN CRISIS 🚨
Every day in Pueblo and across Colorado, people with severe mental illness are left to suffer:
Years in jail without proper care
Stuck on endless hospital waitlists
Released as “competent” despite clear evidence otherwise
Forced to survive on the streets, self-medicating to escape terrifying delusions
This isn’t just one story — it’s happening to our neighbors, friends, and families.
The system is broken. Beds are full. Facilities are overwhelmed. People are dying.
We need our whole community to stand together for change:
✔ Legal advocacy for the mentally ill
✔ Long-term psychiatric care & housing
✔ Policy reform to end neglect
✍ PLEASE SIGN • SHARE • SPEAK UP — TOGETHER, WE CAN SAVE LIVES
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The Issue
🚨 OUR COMMUNITY IS IN CRISIS 🚨
Every day in Pueblo and across Colorado, people with severe mental illness are left to suffer:
Years in jail without proper care
Stuck on endless hospital waitlists
Released as “competent” despite clear evidence otherwise
Forced to survive on the streets, self-medicating to escape terrifying delusions
This isn’t just one story — it’s happening to our neighbors, friends, and families.
The system is broken. Beds are full. Facilities are overwhelmed. People are dying.
We need our whole community to stand together for change:
✔ Legal advocacy for the mentally ill
✔ Long-term psychiatric care & housing
✔ Policy reform to end neglect
✍ PLEASE SIGN • SHARE • SPEAK UP — TOGETHER, WE CAN SAVE LIVES
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The Decision Makers



Supporter Voices
Petition created on July 29, 2025