build community mental health facilities where they're needed... in the communities they are meant to serve #location #healthresources
— Ethnic Studies 181AC (@PIC_Abolition) May 9, 2014

Prisons currently serve as mental health facilities for those incarcerated; this system is unsustainable and ineffective. Instead, areas with high rates of mental health issues should have quasi-hospitals and halfway homes located within walking distance. Member of the community affected would be close to loved ones, not in the state penitentiary hundreds of miles away.