I was reading through statistical BS this weekend.
In terms of 'holding' mental ill folks....our peak year was 1955, with 559,000 in a closed-off facility.
Today? The number held in a closed-off facility? Around 35,000.
I asked Grok (the AI) from state and federal prisons....how many in prison have some element of mental illness? Answer: 558,000 roughly.
