The article draws attention to a disturbing trend where women showing signs of mental health crises are incarcerated instead of receiving appropriate care, due to insufficient mental health facilities. It draws parallels with historical cases where women were unjustly institutionalized for behavior that challenged societal norms. This modern practice often leaves women unsentenced and in dangerous conditions, highlighting a failure in the mental health system and raising urgent ethical questions about how society treats vulnerable individuals today, reminiscent of past injustices faced by women like Elizabeth Packard.
"A lack of mental health beds means that women are increasingly taken to prison as a place of safety, often remaining unsentenced and without specialist care."
"This reality echoes historical injustices, where women were institutionalized for behavior deemed 'abnormal' by society, akin to a horror-movie trope of confinement for one's own good."
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