No more expensive than where we are treating them now: state prisons and jails.
After the meeting, Stanek said there's a "strong correlation" between mental illness and recent mass shootings that cannot be ignored. Stanek also says jails are becoming de facto treatment centers for the mentally ill "because there's no place else to put them." Stanek is president of the Major County Sheriffs' Association, composed of sheriffs from large counties across the U.S.
http://www.twincities.com/ci_22234040/minn-sheriff-meets-biden-gun-violence?IADID=Search-www.twincities.com-www.twincities.com
After the meeting, Stanek said there's a "strong correlation" between mental illness and recent mass shootings that cannot be ignored. Stanek also says jails are becoming de facto treatment centers for the mentally ill "because there's no place else to put them." Stanek is president of the Major County Sheriffs' Association, composed of sheriffs from large counties across the U.S.
http://www.twincities.com/ci_22234040/minn-sheriff-meets-biden-gun-violence?IADID=Search-www.twincities.com-www.twincities.com