I read this article by Josephine MacLean called “Texas policy alienates mentally ill” on the Daily Texan. The author MacLean doesn't have very much information about her on the website. She is an advertisement student. I don't think that makes her too much of a credible source to receive information from. The audience for this article is travis county citizens and perhaps UT students.
The article suggests that we fix the mental health availability of the county. The jail system is currently the main provider for mental health aide. The article did not really provide any sort of way of suggesting to change the system. They were mostly compelling about something we should fix but not caring enough to put more insight into the topic. MacLean thinks we should start with adding more funds and hospital beds for state hospitals. They did not suggest where the money for the changes should come from. Her arguments are not very strong. She makes good points that a lot of tax payers are paying for mental health aid for prisoners and getting help sooner would help the public. She didn't follow threw with her plan.
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