Cindy Murphy

But everybody understands and realizes this should have really been handled so differently. And he'd still be with us if some of the legislation were in place.

Oh, absolutely. I mean, I don't want this to happen to anybody. And that's what I've been fighting for, you know, this whole time is this has got to change. This is, it's so broken. Florida's maybe no different than any other state, but here in Florida, you know, we have the highest number of people in need of mental health services. We're number one in need and we're 49th in provision of services.

Oh, absolutely. I mean, I don't want this to happen to anybody. And that's what I've been fighting for, you know, this whole time is this has got to change. This is, it's so broken. Florida's maybe no different than any other state, but here in Florida, you know, we have the highest number of people in need of mental health services. We're number one in need and we're 49th in provision of services.

Oh, absolutely. I mean, I don't want this to happen to anybody. And that's what I've been fighting for, you know, this whole time is this has got to change. This is, it's so broken. Florida's maybe no different than any other state, but here in Florida, you know, we have the highest number of people in need of mental health services. We're number one in need and we're 49th in provision of services.

And 30% or so of people in our prisons have mental health issues.

And 30% or so of people in our prisons have mental health issues.

And 30% or so of people in our prisons have mental health issues.

I know it is.

I know it is.

I know it is.

Right. Well, I feel like this is a real shift for Florida. And I'm really happy about that because Florida has been a really hard on crime state. And I mean, our system here, our prisons are failing and they're not working financially. They're not working. There's no rehabilitation. I mean, everybody's really starting to realize this isn't a can that they can keep kicking down the road.

Right. Well, I feel like this is a real shift for Florida. And I'm really happy about that because Florida has been a really hard on crime state. And I mean, our system here, our prisons are failing and they're not working financially. They're not working. There's no rehabilitation. I mean, everybody's really starting to realize this isn't a can that they can keep kicking down the road.

Right. Well, I feel like this is a real shift for Florida. And I'm really happy about that because Florida has been a really hard on crime state. And I mean, our system here, our prisons are failing and they're not working financially. They're not working. There's no rehabilitation. I mean, everybody's really starting to realize this isn't a can that they can keep kicking down the road.

And they need to address it. And I think this is a great first step to really think about those who are especially vulnerable and try to shift them towards treatment instead of handcuffs.

And they need to address it. And I think this is a great first step to really think about those who are especially vulnerable and try to shift them towards treatment instead of handcuffs.

And they need to address it. And I think this is a great first step to really think about those who are especially vulnerable and try to shift them towards treatment instead of handcuffs.

You know, I will say that there's one part of this legislation that doesn't deal with one of the problems. And I think that that is, you know, it's difficult to treat somebody with a mental illness, particularly a mental illness like schizophrenia. But I think that sometimes there's not an understanding. I mean, I understand that because we didn't even understand how to deal with this.

You know, I will say that there's one part of this legislation that doesn't deal with one of the problems. And I think that that is, you know, it's difficult to treat somebody with a mental illness, particularly a mental illness like schizophrenia. But I think that sometimes there's not an understanding. I mean, I understand that because we didn't even understand how to deal with this.

You know, I will say that there's one part of this legislation that doesn't deal with one of the problems. And I think that that is, you know, it's difficult to treat somebody with a mental illness, particularly a mental illness like schizophrenia. But I think that sometimes there's not an understanding. I mean, I understand that because we didn't even understand how to deal with this.

There's medications and there's treatments and there's new treatments that can be really effective in treating schizophrenia in particular. There's now injectables that can last a long time, 30 days or two months or whatever, that helps people with schizophrenia not fall off the medicine wagon. There needs to be funding on the national level. I have real concerns, I guess, about...