It also speaks to the revolving door that some people go through because of mental illness, because with so many small crimes like mischief and theft, they're not being treated for their mental illness. The criminal justice system is just putting them through a revolving door. That is another problem because, as Mr. Eglinski said, most of the time it's one and done, but for people who suffer from a mental illness that can be one, and then one, and then one, which makes it longer and longer and longer. Even if they are in recovery, their record looks terrible. Then, when they apply, they have to revisit that time when they were so ill that it wasn't them who was doing the crime, practically speaking, and they cannot further their recovery.
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