@General Lighting 356782 wrote:
I’ve heard they are setting up dementia units in HMP Norwich – and I expect Holloway and Styal will follow suit for the ladies..
That said these are more for those who have been sent down at a younger age in the 1970s for murder and similar offences and are serving life terms – but this will of course become more and more common in civilised EU nations which do not have the death penalty. In our region (East) the NHS and Police are working together to work out who is “playing the game” with regard to mental health issues and who is genuinely “bad” rather than “mad”, although as you would expect its more the younger generations (particularly 30s/40s) they are investigating as some folks (or their defence solicitors) use mental illness as a defence for blatantly dysfunctional behaviour that they are fully aware is wrong..
I once worked in a ‘demetia’ home in the early 90’s – and my fucking god….
it was horrific!! It wasnt a dementia home at all but a home full of ladies who had been institutionalised in the 1920′ – 30′ – 40’s for thigs such as
being hysterical
stealing things such as linen or table clothes
being lesbian / having lesbian tendancies
one for trying to travel without a passport
(and usually these young girls were trying to escape from abusive families / try and get a better life / or enjoy them selves but not in a socailly acceptable way)
I had the privilage of reading their origional nursing / doctors reports and it made me cry 😥 as families could ‘get rid’ of difficult girls in such an easy way in those days and they then became so dependant on the institutions it was too unsafe for them themselves to be ‘released’. It also opened my eyes as to the language they could use to descibe behaviour (that has technically been used about females only ) that just would not (and should not ) be socially acceptable these days
I am also sure this has happened to young men in those days but not to the extreme it happened to women – even up until the 80’s
I do have a problem with people ‘playing the game’ as mental illness is nothing to laugh about – esp if you have a chronic enduring illness, and I have seen many many people using it just to get a lighter sentance, I do not really agree with bad genes etc – I feel we are more a product of our environment – and yes, genes do have something to do with it in some cases – but if we looked after our young better we wouldnt have so many fucked up adults – but this is only my opinion
god I’m on my soap box again….. sorry :hopeless:
