Submitted on Sunday 20th March 2022
Rejected on Friday 25th March 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Send schizophrenics and psychosis sufferers to hospital not jail.
I would like the government to discuss how mentally ill people who commit offences are treated. Currently people who suffer from schizophrenia or psychosis go to jail if they commit an offence when they should be sent to a hospital to be cured.
Approximately eight percent of people in jail have schizophrenia or psychosis. It is morally wrong that so many mentally ill people are in jail when they should be in a mental hospital so they can be cured instead of punished. I am asking the government to do this for reasons of morality.
Seventy percent of people with schizophrenia respond to anti-psychotic medication, proving that with most people their illness can be managed successfully.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. Decisions on imprisonment or detention under the Mental Health Act are a matter for the courts and not the UK Government or Parliament.
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