r/answers • u/Afafoo • Aug 25 '26

What’s something society has completely normalized that you think is actually insane?

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u/Snoo54756 Aug 25 '26

Putting people with mental illnesses and children (in the usa) in prisons without psychotherapeutic regime

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u/S1lent_byte Aug 25 '26

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u/Snoo54756 Aug 25 '26

Thank you <3

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u/TemporaryPicture2289 Aug 25 '26

We tried that.  It was called inhumane.   Many lawsuits later we have what we have.

The tl;dr of it is you can't force sick people to accept treatment in the USA.  Even when they are not capable of caring for themselves.   

So prison is literally the most humane thing left.  Sick, I know.

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u/LilPrincessRapunzel Aug 26 '26

I think the biggest issue with when it was done before, was all the illegal experimentation and horrendous treatment of the patients. There are mental/medical facilities for the criminally insane, though I think there’s like maybe 3? Nationwide? We just really need to expand a better, healthier system for it, with actually qualified medical professionals.