Homelessness Continues to Grow

[Goofyhoofy]

@MarkR

But even by the end of the 60s, there were rights groups clamoring for the granting of full freedom to the “insane” that were locked up in those places, by the 70s, they started allowing them out onto the streets, by the end of the 80s they were almost all released onto the streets.

Yeah, maybe.

Mental Health Systems Act of 1980

In 1981 President [Ronald Reagan], who had made major efforts during his governorship to reduce funding and enlistment for California mental institutions, pushed a political effort through the Democratically controlled House of Representatives and a Republican controlled Senate to repeal most of MHSA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_Health_Systems_Act_of_1980#:~:text=In%201981%20President%20Ronald%20Reagan,to%20repeal%20most%20of%20MHSA.

Pretty sure Reagan wasn’t “clamoring” for inmate rights, but he sure was against anything government did.

[steve203]

@Goofyhoofy

Pretty sure Reagan wasn’t “clamoring” for inmate rights, but he sure was against anything government did.

He was not against giving more money to the “JCs”. If you run a state, so need to balance the budget, you take the money out of public health, education, road maintenance, to compensate for more handouts to “JCs”.

Steve

[pauleckler]

The movie “One Flew Over the Cookoonest” was a major factor in the change. But development of medications was also a factor. They helped a lot but were not as successful as hoped.