To: S. Carolina Prison System
Stop the Abuse of Mentally Ill Prisoners in SC
S. Carolina should immediately stop the horrific abuse, neglect and indifference shown to mentally ill prisoners by its prison system. These abuses have been public knowledge since 1999, yet incredibly the state continues to perpetrate them.
Why is this important?
I am a person with a serious mental illness. Five percent of the population suffers from a mental illness. Mental illness is not a crime; it is a brain disorder. Systematically torturing, abusing and neglecting prisoners because they have brain disorders is depraved and deplorable, and should never be permitted anywhere for any reason.