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Should inmates that are suffering from serious mental illness have legal rights they are granted and whether they deserve ethical treatment?

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As you briefly debate if inmates who are suffering from serious mental illness should have the legal rights they are granted and whether they deserve ethical treatment, I strongly advocate yes. Like a physical issue such as diabetes, mental illnesses are also real and often are uncontrollable. It is inhumane to remove the human, legal, and ethical rights, I feel. I argue to give them less isolation and more time in ...

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