People suffering with mental illness should not be incarcerated yet jails have become the place where the mentally ill end up and fall through the cracks. Often they are mistreated and/or not treated at all for their condition. Families are often excluded from participating in or knowing about their care. The trend is to close mental health facilities and send people to jail. We need to reverse that trend. 

This story is just one example of the mistreatment of the mentally ill while incarcerated.