Looking at the last 20 years or so that we've been on this path, it seems that we don't have the tools to deal with the problem. It's dealt with only when mentally ill individuals act out to the point that they're placed in the federal corrections system. We can point fingers and know that we don't have things right today, but how do we get things fixed for tomorrow? That's what I'm asking. I wonder who we'd best talk to about moving to that stage.
From my observation, as narrow as it is, you're right that putting resources into dealing with the mentally ill in our correctional facilities may cause us to lose the resources we need to deal with addicted individuals, who need our help to change their behaviour. It seems that it should be a health issue, almost, as opposed to a corrections issue. I wonder if that is the right thing. Do we need to find another solution out there?