Filed
6:00 a.m. EST
01.07.2026
THE STATE HAS ABANDONED THE MENTALLY ILL. NOW, THOUSANDS ARE BEING DUMPED INTO A CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT LOCKS THEM IN JAILS INSTEAD OF HOSPITALS. THIS IS AMERICA’S DARKEST SECRET.
A DECADE OF NEGLECT: Family photos and hospital records tell the tragic story of one man failed by a system that BUILDS JAILS, NOT HEALTHCARE.
Ohio’s state psychiatric hospitals have been HIJACKED. A SHOCKING 90% of beds are now occupied by patients awaiting trial or deemed “not guilty by reason of insanity.” This isn’t care—it’s a PRISON PIPELINE for the most vulnerable.
The system of last resort has been perverted. Judges are now FORCING sick people into the courts just to ACCESS basic treatment, while terrified families watch helplessly. Officials admit it: courts are using criminal charges as a “pathway to care” because the state REFUSES to fund proper services.
The human cost is UNIMAGINABLE. Non-criminal patients, the very people these hospitals were built for, have been all but ERASED. Their share of beds plummeted from 33% to a mere 10% in under a decade. The message is clear: COMMIT A CRIME OR GET NO HELP.
Jails have become the new asylums, with people in crisis waiting MONTHS in cells for a hospital bed they may never see. One jail administrator confessed to wait times of up to A YEAR. This is state-sanctioned torture of the mentally ill.
National experts point to a society that has CRIMINALIZED madness. As services vanish, police and courts become the default caregivers. Ohio’s crisis is a CANCER spreading nationwide, with patients in Texas waiting over 440 DAYS behind bars for treatment.
This is not a failure of policy; it is a DELIBERATE CHOICE to punish the sick. We have replaced compassion with handcuffs and therapy with solitary confinement. Is this the justice we deserve, or are we building a nation where BEING ILL IS A CRIME?
Author: Kayitsi.com
