Pete Earley
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Even after I wrote a book about it, even though at one point I called up Mike Wallace with CBS and 60 Minutes, he actually called the hospital on my behalf. Even after all of that, I still couldn't get my son the kind of help he needed. until he got in trouble one more time. I often wonder, what if you're a recent immigrant? What if you don't speak the language?
Even after I wrote a book about it, even though at one point I called up Mike Wallace with CBS and 60 Minutes, he actually called the hospital on my behalf. Even after all of that, I still couldn't get my son the kind of help he needed. until he got in trouble one more time. I often wonder, what if you're a recent immigrant? What if you don't speak the language?
Even after I wrote a book about it, even though at one point I called up Mike Wallace with CBS and 60 Minutes, he actually called the hospital on my behalf. Even after all of that, I still couldn't get my son the kind of help he needed. until he got in trouble one more time. I often wonder, what if you're a recent immigrant? What if you don't speak the language?
What if you have no connections, no money, no knowledge of the system, and you're just going to be swept away by it? There's a high chance that the person you love is going to end up in jail, and that's just not right.
What if you have no connections, no money, no knowledge of the system, and you're just going to be swept away by it? There's a high chance that the person you love is going to end up in jail, and that's just not right.
What if you have no connections, no money, no knowledge of the system, and you're just going to be swept away by it? There's a high chance that the person you love is going to end up in jail, and that's just not right.
And that's always the danger. Now, you live in Nashville, which is pretty interesting because I was just there. Your sheriff has made mental health a high priority because the sheriffs and the judges have done more than the mental health advocates at getting people out of jail and setting up programs because they don't want them there. They're very expensive.
And that's always the danger. Now, you live in Nashville, which is pretty interesting because I was just there. Your sheriff has made mental health a high priority because the sheriffs and the judges have done more than the mental health advocates at getting people out of jail and setting up programs because they don't want them there. They're very expensive.
And that's always the danger. Now, you live in Nashville, which is pretty interesting because I was just there. Your sheriff has made mental health a high priority because the sheriffs and the judges have done more than the mental health advocates at getting people out of jail and setting up programs because they don't want them there. They're very expensive.
They stay three times longer than people charged with the same crime. The medication bills are astronomical. And most of them don't belong there. This is important, Tony, because people say, well, they broke the law. They need to be in jail. Well, let's look at a case. Let's look at J. Shamil Mitchell, a young man over in Norfolk, Virginia.
They stay three times longer than people charged with the same crime. The medication bills are astronomical. And most of them don't belong there. This is important, Tony, because people say, well, they broke the law. They need to be in jail. Well, let's look at a case. Let's look at J. Shamil Mitchell, a young man over in Norfolk, Virginia.
They stay three times longer than people charged with the same crime. The medication bills are astronomical. And most of them don't belong there. This is important, Tony, because people say, well, they broke the law. They need to be in jail. Well, let's look at a case. Let's look at J. Shamil Mitchell, a young man over in Norfolk, Virginia.
He got arrested because he stole something out of a 7-Eleven store. They recognized he had a mental illness. There was no room at the state hospital, so he had to wait for a bed there. Over 100 days later, he was found dead in his feces-lined cell. He died from a heart attack caused by starvation.
He got arrested because he stole something out of a 7-Eleven store. They recognized he had a mental illness. There was no room at the state hospital, so he had to wait for a bed there. Over 100 days later, he was found dead in his feces-lined cell. He died from a heart attack caused by starvation.
He got arrested because he stole something out of a 7-Eleven store. They recognized he had a mental illness. There was no room at the state hospital, so he had to wait for a bed there. Over 100 days later, he was found dead in his feces-lined cell. He died from a heart attack caused by starvation.
because they didn't get around to getting him in the hospital and he didn't know how to follow the rules in the jail. So they give him an order and he didn't understand it. So they wouldn't give him food. And what's worse was a nurse saw him and she didn't find it alarming that he'd lost 50 pounds and was so weak. So this is the kind of stuff that's going on out there.
because they didn't get around to getting him in the hospital and he didn't know how to follow the rules in the jail. So they give him an order and he didn't understand it. So they wouldn't give him food. And what's worse was a nurse saw him and she didn't find it alarming that he'd lost 50 pounds and was so weak. So this is the kind of stuff that's going on out there.
because they didn't get around to getting him in the hospital and he didn't know how to follow the rules in the jail. So they give him an order and he didn't understand it. So they wouldn't give him food. And what's worse was a nurse saw him and she didn't find it alarming that he'd lost 50 pounds and was so weak. So this is the kind of stuff that's going on out there.
And I can see how with someone with autism, we know of incidents like that too. We had a case in Maryland where a young man stayed in a movie theater and he ended up paying for it in his life because we have to train our officers. That's one of the first steps.
And I can see how with someone with autism, we know of incidents like that too. We had a case in Maryland where a young man stayed in a movie theater and he ended up paying for it in his life because we have to train our officers. That's one of the first steps.