Leo T. reviewed on 10/3/2018 + 1775 more book reviews

The author, a journalist, published ten earlier books, but this is personal. His son has mental problems and wound up incarcerated. The subject of the book is the lack of mental health services, thus leaving the psychological 'treatment' to take place in the slammer. The book is in sections, with a couple of pages about his interactions with his son as interleaving between sections. This is centered on Dade County which offers a lot of grist for his mill.
I remember when California, under Governor Reagan, bowed to the demands of kind hearted folks who wanted as few people as possible institutionalized. Los Angeles County Jail, a mile from where I am typing this in Little Tokyo, is the largest such 'mental' institution in the USA.
The author offers suggestions on further readings and a list of resources.
No index. [And so I took one star away from my evaluation.]

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