What is the yearly cost for mental treatment vs. incarceration?
Looking from a tax-payer’s point of view, what are the average cost differences (in the state of NY) of sending a convicted criminal to a mental hospital vs. prison. Through my searching I’ve only been able to find that the cost of mental treatment is more…but I have been unable to find any sort of solid numbers proving this statement. Can anyone help?
Probably more for the mental hospital sense they make the patients more miserable, or more enjoyable depending on the patient lol. (not serious)
But seriously probably the mental hospital sense there is more treatments involved (atleast we hope)
that’s my opnion i didn’t look up
Probably more for the mental hospital sense they make the patients more miserable, or more enjoyable depending on the patient lol. (not serious)
But seriously probably the mental hospital sense there is more treatments involved (atleast we hope)
that’s my opnion i didn’t look up
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Well on a day-to-day basis, inpatient mental health treatment is far more expensive. But patients are NEVER held in inpatient (level 5) treatment longer than a few days or mayybe a few weeks. The incarcerated can be there for days, weeks, years or decades.
It just depends on who we’re dealing with.
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- Mental health professional who does work in both the hospital as well as the prison.
Would love to know this myself actually too. Really interesting question. But all I can say is that I think the cost of the mental treatment would differ depending on what treatment they recieved. Unless you are simply talking of basic upkeep. Good luck with the answer, sorry I can’t help.
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