Mrs. Oades, on the issue of mental health specifically, we know that female inmates are more prone than others to face mental health issues. One of the things police officers are telling us is they don't have facilities for the mentally ill and the prisons end up becoming a repository, a de facto mental institution that is not properly resourced. Given the fact that now more than 20% of women are facing serious mental health issues, and there are suggestions it's even higher because of lack of proper diagnosis, can you assess the efficacy of efforts to this point to find other avenues to help women who have mental illness to not end up in prison? What do you feel has to be done to bring down those dangerous numbers?
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