This is such a sad incident of a mental health issue being dealt with by the criminal justice system by punishment rather than the ability to actually deal with people’s needs. This man does not understand the reality of the charges against him. He doesn’t belong where he was shoved aside to.

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Don Evans says his son, who had the intellect of a 7-year-old, was suicidal and should have been monitored more closely.

Source: ‘This never should have happened,’ says father of Burnside jail inmate who died | CBC News