How Our Prisons Prey on People With Mental Illness | NowThis

[@MiKi-sx3tt]

Wtf with the comments here. Sending people with mental illness to prison same as sending cancer patients to prison. Its inhumane. They need treatment for better life, not PTSD.

[@dazz_in_the_now]

The people that think that way have privelige, undeveloped empathy unfortunately they will be the demise of the human race

[@mikeodee1164]

what many severly sick in the head and very dangerous so called normal people have done to the poor and mentally ill is one thousand times worse then sending innocent people to jail usa is a nightmare thats why i moved to teh arab neighborhod 14 years ago adn i stay here

[@AmberAmbwee]

I’m schizophrenic and I’m more of a danger to myself that anyone else.

[@AmberAmbwee]

Master Exploder Because it’s a major stigma of people with schizophrenia. People automatically think you’re a danger because of your label.

[@danielbaer8924]

Amber Ambwee I don’t think you are a danger, but other schizophrenic people have been a danger in the past.

[@AmberAmbwee]

Dsn Baer That is true. But only a small percentage of people diagnosed with schizophrenia are a dangers to other.

[@mikeodee1164]

i was not suprised when my psychiatrist told me 2 years ago she knew several mentaly ill people who were severely harmed and in each case our law system did nothing to the people who severely harmed them

[@mikeodee1164]

i was one thousand times more safer being around mentally ill americans compared to being around many so called normal americans

[@TheLiamster]

Here in the UK, Prisons are just as bad as they are in the US. My brother has schizophrenia and he is currently in prison and he hates it. He says the guards ignore him and he was forced to be in a cell with another person. He even stopped having his medication which only made things worse. Edit: My brother is now out of prison and is doing well.

[@lakeshataylor1885]

Hello, is your brother still doing well?

[@JoshuaOtusanya]

Let’s remember to love on one another ❤️ Be safe and be well out there

[@mikeodee1164]

i was not suprised when my psychiatrist told me 2 years ago she knew several mentaly ill people who were severely harmed and in each case our law system did nothing to the people who severely harmed them

[@ajlogomanthecreepysusiefan5502]

Oh hello there Josh! Nice seeing you here *does your laugh*

[@anjalibaskar6255]

she’s one of the founders of the blm movement 💥👏🏾

[@inlove1ist]

Wow watching your video just gave me the chills. My son is in prison and he tells me he does not get his medications. 4 out of 7 days they are on lockdown and he is locked in a room all day. He ask to speak to the psychiatrist and it’s been a dead end. He has severe enuresis and he only has 2 outfits. It’s the worst place. He is suffering. His father passed last year. He had PTSD, anxiety, depression, autism spectrum, short memory loss. I feel helpless. He has been there almost 4 months I leave messages to nurse, counselors and have not received a phone call.

[@zodiac890]

years ago i had a low life judge who abused his power to try to send me to jail for a crime i did not commit thank god i had to money to pay for the fine he gave me for no ligit reason or i woudl have gone to jail i wonder how many other poor or mentally ill people been victimized this way by criminals who are judges

[@zodiac890]

if u want me to tell my story about the low life criminal judge who tried to send me to jail for no ligit reason tell me and i will tell my story

[@zodiac890]

since the crooked criminal judge tried to put me in jail years ago for no ligit reason its common sense this happens to many other people who are poor

[@arcious60]

I'm bipolar and got arrested and then hospitalized for public disturbance and resisting arrest. I cried really loudly in a walmart and then wouldn't tell the cops I'm name because I'm trans which I also told them. They kept misgendering me and waited for my dad. After that, my dad informed them I was bipolar. That's when I got hospitalized. However it wasn't any better. In the hospital, there's people who moghtve not committed crimes but they're mentally ill so they don't feel like harming you is wrong. I got picked on there and the nurses did nothing. What we really need is a place to send people with mental illness but not a hospital. More like somewhere that's more group focused and less isolation focused. Somewhere that's more regulated and humane. Basically like a group home but with extra steps. I think if there was a group home for minors with mental illnesses to go temporarily and just improve on their problems until they get home instead of trying out medication as an experiment... that would be better. Because medication is a tool. If we work on ourselves more, we can improve. There should be a care facility fore the mentally ill that's not strictly hospitalization.

[@missannethrope01]

But then people complain that mental hospitals are too institutional and want those that really need help, to be out in the community and be included. It's just a vicious cycle.

[@mikeodee1164]

i was not suprised when my psychiatrist told me 2 years ago she knew several mentaly ill people who were severely harmed and in each case our law system did nothing to the people who severely harmed them

[@mikeodee1164]

i was not suprised when my psychiatrist told me 2 years ago she knew several mentaly ill people who were severely harmed and in each case our law system did nothing to the people who severely harmed them

[@mikeodee1164]

many severly sick in the head so called normal people dont even have the ability to respect people its a nightmare

[@mikeodee1164]

my father had schizophrenia he never took psych meds he never needed he was not forced to because he worked painting housess all his life he did not go for government help he was not in government housing so he had more human rights in usa he was never arrested and never in a psych hospital he behaved one thousand times bettter compared to many so called normal americans i was very impressed with my father thanks to my dad and other mentally ill people i knew psychiatrist and other so called normal peoples lies about many mentally ill people does not work on me i know better many mentally ill need meds but there are many who dont and should have never been forced to take them

[@alexsamuel5482]

Three words: *They're human too*

[@bailujen8052]

The justic system are the bots

[@mikeodee1164]

too many severly sick in the head and very dangerous so called normal americans thanks to teh truly normal arabs i deal with i been safe for the past 14 years and im treated one thousand times better and i live one thousand times better

[@brandyadams8803]

I'm hoping this will spread to all communities across the U.S. because it is an issue in this country.

[@DLFfitness1]

What a brave lady to tackle such a big issue.

[@mikeodee1164]

thank u very much for making this video and telling the truth about so called normal people adn what they do to people

[@zodiac890]

im a poor white american with mentall illness many white middle class americans victimized me many times in my life in many ways they also caused me severe damage to the turbinates in my nose causing me a severe breathign disorder order and severe damage to my throat which makes me cough violently every day this happen when i was 16 years old in juvenile jail one sick in the head white middle class staff worker set me up and 8 other white middle class staff workers purposely put me in severe danger every day for 2 years they refuse to help me or get me help and many other times through my life i was victimized and put in danger by white middle class americans i decided to have a chance to live a better life i would have to move away from them and stop dealing with them so i moved to an arabic neighborhood in usa and thank god i did teh arabs treat and respect me and otehrs like me one thousand times better the arabs never try to cause me harm and the fantastic arabs rent me and others like me one thousand times better apt i live in a new apt building that was built 5 days before i moved in the new apt has new stove new fridge central air conditionning i been living with the arabs for 10 years i never delt with any other people in usa that respect and treat me this good if it was not for the fantastic arabs i would still be victimzed by the white middle class americans and probably homeless i also give thanks to our government for funding my apt program with more money then section 8 so my program has been able to pay higher rent then section 8 so i get to live in much better apt then people on section 8 i also have arabic doctor adn barber i live one thousand times better and i finally live in peace thanks to the fantastic arabic people

[@mikeodee1164]

The sick in the head guard set me up to snort water and table salt up my nose when u have impulse control disorder people can set u up to harm your self by telling u to do something dangerous severaltimes in a row my therapist years ago before I went to the juvenile jail told me never go there he delt with several mentally ill teenagers who were set up to cause them severe harm at the juvenile jail I went to

[@mikeodee1164]

His name was patric white he had an office in the court house in the town I lived in back in 1982

[@mikeodee1164]

I found out how severely sick in the head and very dangerous many so called normal people truly are living in USA for many years

[@mikeodee1164]

thanks to my father and other mentally ill people i knew peoples lies about people with mentall illness does not work on me many do need meds many dont

[@lisahyyppa3360]

🙏❤️🌈✝️💪🏼🛡♾ Amen... facilitate wellness. Thank you for your work in this horrific epidemic that bleeds out into all aspects of society. An abusive system creates a toxic society in entirety.

[@mikeodee1164]

even alot of staff workers that work for the mentally ill harrass and provke the mentally ill in resident programs its a nightmare living in usa

[@s.l.7982]

They used to have mental hospitals but they got rid of them. Now the ER has to deal with them on the frontline. This is why there are so many homelessness on the streets.But it looks like they are on the streets until they commit a crime. Such a sad situation.

[@makenzieswanner709]

Prisons do

[@mikeodee1164]

@@makenzieswanner709 not true many homeless on the streets because many white middle class americans caused many mentally ill people to be homeless by not renting them an apt because they are angry we live off the government many white middle class americans tried to make me homeless since i live off the government adn an apt program pays my rent thanks to the fantastic decent arabs in usa i live in a new apt in a new building and i am not homeless teh arabs never tried to make me homeless by not renting me an apt since im in an apt program living off the government the arabs rent me very good apts the arabs dont refuse to rent me an apt since i am living off the governement in an apt program

[@mikeodee1164]

even many cops and judges adn staff workers for the mentally ill treat mentally ill people very bad in alot of ways

[@carlabroderick5508]

Victims don’t care about mental health of criminals. My own family member has a diagnosis and problems such as described here. The most important thing for our family is first to respect the damage done to victims. Next is the treatment and rehabilitation our incarcerated family member requires. If we blame victims and society for our family being in jail, that shows we are not mentally healthy ourselves. Stop blaming others, then we can get appropriate care and a life without crime for those we love.

[@mikeodee1164]

i was victimized by several white middle class americans several times in my life some of them caused me severe harm which causes me to suffer serverely for the rest of my life i like many poor americans could never get justice in our crooked corrupt american law sytem so i moved to the arab neighborhood 14 years ago best decision i ever made im finally safe for the past 14 years and im treated one thousand times better im a poor white disabled american too many severly sick in the head and very dangerous so called normal people in usa

[@mikeodee1164]

many people were forced to go to the mentall hospital to get into section 8 or other resident programs or they would be homeless u get much less financial help if u dont go to mentall hospital and this is extremely wrong mentally ill people should not be treated this way people who are not on ssi they are given section 8 within a month people on ssi are told u have to wait 6 years to get section 8 this happen to me and many others it forced us to go to mentall hospital

[@mikeodee1164]

too many severly sick in the head and very dangerous so called normal people its a nightmare

[@jamesmurphy2828]

Get profits out of prison

[@mikeodee1164]

when u r poor u find out real fast what kind of country usa truly is

[@mikeodee1164]

many white middle class americans tried to make me homeless by not renting me an apt i stood up to them and rented an apt from teh arabs the white middle class americans lost i won i love my new apt in the new building the arabs rented me our government pays for no bugs everything works

[@mikeodee1164]

its a nighmare how our country gives people with mentall illness very little money to live on example ssi making it very hard for them to survive in order to get more financial help from the government they are forced to go to the psych ward and say they are suicidal and get treated like they are suicidal this makes me sick and its very wrong section 8 does not give people with mentall illnes section 8 they tell them they have to wait on a 6 years waiting list forcing them to go to the psych ward or become homeles when many cant find a place affordable to live people with out mentall ilness are not treated this way my friend got on section 8 2 months after he applied he became disabled from health problems this is very wrong so called normal peoples lies dont work on me i know better

[@mikeodee1164]

i was in a few resident places when i was 14 to the age of 19 i delt with several black staff workers and black teenagers who were in the reisident places with me when i was a teen and all of them were one thousand times safer to be around the black people compared to teh white middle class staff workers at the juvenile jail who purposely set me up and caused me severe permanet harm and im a poor white disabled american adn the only staff worker who tried to stop them by telling them dont give the salt to him that cant be safe was a black staff worker she tried to stop the white middle class staff workers from causing me severe harm they refused to stop they told her he is not our responsibility

[@mikeodee1164]

as a poor whtie disabled american i was victimized by many white middle class american criminals for several years i like many poor americans i knew i could not get justice in our crooked corrupt law system so i moved to the arab neighborhood 14 years ago and thank god i did i am finally safe for the past 14 years and im treated one thousand times better and the arabs rent me one thousand times better apts thanks to the arabs i feel one thousand times better they have made my country one thousand times better for me to live in i thank god for the arabs in usa im finally treated like a human being the arabs are my saviours

[@zag7257]

I love these truly informative videos

[@mikeodee1164]

my father had schizophrenia he was one thousand times safer to be around compared to many so called normal americans and my dad never took psych meds my dad worked all his life painting houses he was never put in jail and he never was put in a psych ward peoples lies about people with mentall illness does not fool me i know bettter many mentally ill dont need meds and never have my father never got any help from government he worked all his life i also know other mentally ill people who never needed psych meds and are doing fine for several years my father was around many families because he painted people housess he never commited any crimes against no one and like i said he never took psych meds he never needed

[@mikeodee1164]

too many severely sick in the head and very dangerous so called normal americans its a nightmare

[@mikeodee1164]

im a poor white disabled american i thank god for the truly normal arabs in usa i was victimized by several white middle class americans several times in my life and put in danger by them and severely harmed by them i moved to teh arab neighobhrood in usa 14 years ago i thank god i did best decision of my life for the past 14 years the truly normal arabs never victmized me never harmed me and never put me in danger they treat me one thousand times better compared to many white middle class americans i delt with years ago and the arabs rent me one thousand times better apts and the arabs dont try to make me homeless by not renting me an apt since i live off government like many white middle class americans have in the past

[@lionitist]

So she FORGOT to mention the charges he was arrested on and how he liked to assault Officers ..... she literally is saying that he has mental issues because he CHOSE to be a low life thug

[@randomperson8157]

ikr im not forgiving scumbags like him he should rot in a cell

[@lionitist]

random person I agree

[@DulceLorenzo]

Dorothea Dix’s hard work was for nothing 😠. This is actually so sad! How inhumane.

[@GETBENT1331]

wow. amazing. im schizoaffective. all i think about is turning myself in to the dirt. i will quit meds and food if i end up in prison. i would prolly do a lot of things i cant now because im watched

[@darrinl.harris5223]

I absolutely love this! We have work to do!

[@mikeodee1164]

i was not suprised when my psychiatrist told me 2 years ago she knew several mentaly ill people who were severely harmed and in each case our law system did nothing to the people who severely harmed them

[@mikeodee1164]

i could just imagin what many severely sick in the head so called normal gaurds do to inmates all across teh country the several severely sick in the head and very dangerous so called normal people i delt with was a nightmare

[@anythingandeverythingwithjp]

My dad has that.

[@mikeodee1164]

when u have impulse control disorder people can set you up to harm your self by tellung you to do something dangerous just once or a much more chance of them setting you up is if they tell you to do something dangerous over and over again non stop like they did to me

[@mikeodee1164]

too many above the law criminals in usa its a nigthmare

[@shawtydtoolit7706]

Facts

[@HalleluiaJesusLives]

Thats not right, they need a chance, he was probably, a good boy. I'm sorry you went through that, SHERIFF'S SHOULDNT NEET THEM, AMEN THEY DONT NEED JAIL

Yeah none of this exists

[@AngelGirl2482]

It is amazing how our government can donate millions and billions of our tax dollars to other countries, yet ignore the plight of their citizen. My son is suffering from schizophrenia, yet it was almost impossible to get him professional help until he went after me with a knife. Thank god I am still here to tell the story.

[@mikeodee1164]

my father had schizophrenia he never took sych meds he was never a danger to anyone never put in jail or psych hospital he painted housess all his life he would talk dillusional a small percentage of the time he refused to get any help from the government ssi fodstamps etc he worked all his life since he worked he was not forced to take psych meds he never needed

[@mikeodee1164]

what many so called normal people do to others is one thousand times worse then what your son did and many of them dont get punished at all if there victims are poor or mentally ill

[@mikeodee1164]

thank god for the truly normal arabs i moved to their neighborhood 14 years ago i been safe for the past 14 years and im treated one thousand times better adn i live one thousand times better and the arabs rented me one thousand times better apts not severe health hazard apts

[@mikeodee1164]

THANK GOD FOR THE ARABS IN USA THEY HAVE MADE MY COUNTRY ONE THOUSAND TIMES BETTER AND SAFER FOR ME TO LIVE IN THE ARABS TREAT ME ONE THOUSAND TIMES BETTER AND RENT ME ONE THOUSAND TIMES BETTER APARTMENTS thanks to the arabs im no longer severly harmed and no longer victimized and no longer put in danger by white middle class americans im one happy and safe white disabled american

[@JohnComeOnMan]

I have a pet turtle 🐢 and he is nice.

[@Dinosaursof]

Lots of these people are lucky to be in jail because crime doesn’t pay. Drug addicts, thieves, murderers, and rapists cannot sustain their lifestyles. They will cross the wrong person and that will be the end for them. If you want them on the street, you are signing a death sentence for them.

[@mikeodee1164]

thanks to the truly normal arabs i been safe for the past 15 years in usa and im treated one thousand times better and im finally safe and i live in one million times better apts

[@mikeodee1164]

i thank god for my saviours teh arabs in usa im finally safe and im treated one thousand times better for the past 14 years living in the arab neighbohrood in usa im one happy safe poor white american

[@nikkiveekay]

But why???? I love how we don’t get the full story

[@mikeodee1164]

too many severely sick in the head and very dangerous so called normal people thats why

[@mikeodee1164]

i thank god for my saviours the arabs in usa im finally safe adn im treated one thousand times better

[@dfmrcv862]

“Incarceration has little to do with if youve done something bad" Lady, are you high? You break the law you face the consequences, GROW UP!

[@lionitist]

Daniel fmatosrivera nailed it !!!

[@101TexanNativez]

Break the law, deal with consequences??? Since when?.....weinstein?? Trump? You mean when you break the law when the wrong color. Innocent til proven guilty has never been true unless you were white but still with no consequence for them.

[@dfmrcv862]

@a g it very much is. Actions have consequences.

[@dfmrcv862]

@@101TexanNativez whataboutism.

[@dfmrcv862]

@a g those are all still consequences of actions.

[@lew2875]

Prison has failed so all the murders that are in prison shouldn’t be there. People with drug addictions that are in jail it’s because they have been found with the drug on them so them saying there’re an addict might be ignored because a dealer could say the same thing. Making prisons a nice place makes people want to go back because they’re life isn’t as good outside. In my country our jails has TVs in every room and most prisoners have a phone. They have good quality meals and no council tax. But their outside life isn’t as good so they get themselves put back

[@101TexanNativez]

That was dumb. If people controlled when they went to jails they would be full of homeless folks and guards would be overrun.

[@kennybaby]

What country are you from?

[@mikeodee1164]

thanks to teh many truly normal arabs in usa i been safe for the past 14 years and im treated one thousand times better and the turly normal arabs rent me one thousand times better apts not severe health hazard unlivable apts

[@estebannemo1957]

When a woman is beaten and raped, what is the alternative to prison? Aroma therapy? Getting in touch with your feelings through hand puppet therapy?

[@101TexanNativez]

The woman should decide his punishment.

[@may6756]

A C A B❤️🤪😍🥰🤩

[@mikeodee1164]

i was not suprised when my psychiatrist told me 2 years ago she knew several mentaly ill people who were severely harmed and in each case our law system did nothing to the people who severely harmed them

[@mikeodee1164]

THANK GOD FOR THE ARABS IN USA THEY HAVE MADE MY COUNTRY ONE THOUSAND TIMES BETTER AND SAFER FOR ME TO LIVE IN THE ARABS TREAT ME ONE THOUSAND TIMES BETTER AND RENT ME ONE THOUSAND TIMES BETTER APARTMENTS thanks to the arabs im no longer severly harmed and no longer victimized and no longer put in danger by white middle class americans im one happy and safe poor white disabled american

[@lakeshataylor1885]

Good you found someone who treat you with respect and fairness . I don’t believe it’s race or nations that determines if someone is fair .It’s how much one Loves the Creator . We are to love our neighbors as ourselves. But some only love their families , their own kind , and theirselves that’s the problem.

[@mikeodee1164]

@@lakeshataylor1885 too many severly sick in the head adn very dangerous so called normal people what u said is also true

[@mikeodee1164]

@@lakeshataylor1885 i could never get justice in our crooked corrupt law system so i moved to the arab neighborhood and thank god i did

[@mikeodee1164]

@@lakeshataylor1885 when u r poor u find out real fast what kind of country usa truly is

[@mikeodee1164]

@@lakeshataylor1885 i delt with several white middle class americans they severely harmed me victimized me and put me in danger several times the arabs never harm me never victimize me and never put me in danger thanks to the arabs i been safe for teh past 13 years

[@mikeodee1164]

THANK GOD FOR THE ARABS IN USA THEY HAVE MADE MY COUNTRY ONE THOUSAND TIMES BETTER AND SAFER FOR ME TO LIVE IN THE ARABS TREAT ME ONE THOUSAND TIMES BETTER AND RENT ME ONE THOUSAND TIMES BETTER APARTMENTS thanks to the arabs im no longer severly harmed and no longer victimized and no longer put in danger by white middle class americans im one happy and safe poor white disabled american