I was recently involuntarily held in a mental hospital where I went through prison like conditions (strip search, had to wear scrubs, was locked in a room outside certain times a day, stuff like that) and thankfully came out in one piece after 8 days of this crap. I was just wondering why we subject people to these conditions when they haven’t even committed a crime?
At least in my country, you’re in there because you’re a danger to yourself or others, with weight on the latter because if you’re suicidal and lucid then they can’t section you.
So it is kinda the same thing, like people in prison are kept in that way because they’re dangerous to the population.
Obviously there’s voluntary admissions and stuff, but they’re fewer and the staff there aren’t really briefed so it’s easier to care for everyone the same