Definitely. My mother suggested having specific correctional facilities to accommodate those with mental health illness, because in that way they would be getting the resources they need. They would be with other people who are going through the same thing, and that way we could train correctional officers in dealing with stuff like that. They are not professionals; they are not doctors, so they could work alongside therapists to help reinforce what they're teaching and help them develop and foster healthy coping mechanisms.
A lot of people, when they're dealing with mental health issues, turn to addiction, and that's when it starts to become a huge cycle. Then, when you have people on reserves on welfare, it's an even bigger cycle, because they only have so much in funds to work with and living on reserve.... I'm very against the welfare system, because I see it first-hand, and I know, because I struggled with my own addictions back in my younger days, that when you only have so much funds, you're not going to spend that money on being responsible. You're only getting $200-and-something a month, so that's not enough money to buy a vehicle, to get your driver's license and go to work, so you spend it on a good time.
If we can foster those healthy coping mechanisms and help the correctional officers enforce that, it would be really beneficial.