Since joining the Department of the Interior, Nicolas Sarkozy has continued to implement his obsession: to treat mentally ill offenders. In February 2007, under pressure from the mobilisation of professional associations of families and users of psychiatry, he withdrew this provision of the Act for Prevention of Delinquency. By promising that there would be ....
He did this in his speech, delivered December 2, 2008 at the Erasmus Hospital Antony as President of the Republic. The author of The Praise of Folly, that gave its name to the psychiatric facility, was turning in his grave."The mentally ill are, according to the President, potentially dangerous, even criminal."
Since that speech, the great confinement began. Increasing isolation rooms, stone walls, raising fences, installation of cameras in hospitals and in some services! A budget of 70 million has been immediately released only to the safety equipment.The means for professional caregivers, to improve conditions and health care are still on hold.
And who is going to decide who is "mentally ill" and who is not? So far I have not been terribly impressed by "authorities" ...
