>> the way it's been presented before is that, for whatever reasons, criminals and those with severe mental issues are now not kept in jail or institutions but rather left to roam the streets. The mental illness policy has been around for a long time but the idea not to jail criminals is a bit newer.
That was pretty much complete by 2000. Now we're in the step of the deinstitutionalization of people from prisons.
During none of these steps were any actual problems solved.
The late 70's and the 80's were a great time for people who liked being on the streets though. I'm pretty sure the people who are living on the streets now will look back on this time with fondness in a decade or two.
Here's the graph of the first step, the deinstitutionalization of people from mental hospitals and the reinstutionalization of people in prisons: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FwVXgslXoAAny9T?format=png&name=...
That was pretty much complete by 2000. Now we're in the step of the deinstitutionalization of people from prisons.
During none of these steps were any actual problems solved.
The late 70's and the 80's were a great time for people who liked being on the streets though. I'm pretty sure the people who are living on the streets now will look back on this time with fondness in a decade or two.