SamBodie wrote:I remember when "mentally unstable and dangerous people" were kept where they could not hurt the public. What happend to that?
You mean something like the North Texas State Hospital at Vernon, where they have locked Maximum Security Unit for adults?
Most folks who are judged incapable of taking care of themselves aren't violent - they may be a danger to themselves (forgetting meds / wandering off from home inadequately clothed, etc.) but they don't require a locked unit. The creep who gets judged as mentally incompetent as a result of a criminal act is the one that gets the locked wards at Vernon, and other state psychiatric hospitals.
BTW - having transported patients there in the past, believe me when I tell you that's one place you don't want to have listed as your residence!