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tamarashepherd writes:

I'm glad this young man has been apprehended, but I do wonder at how he's been treated *since* he was apprehended.

Isn't this a prime example of authorities treating a mental health issue like a criminal issue?

Rather then punish him for these impulses on which he hadn't yet acted, isn't the task here really to ensure that he won't experience such impulses in the future, so that there's no chance he will *ever* act on them?

That would seem to be where some attention to his mental health could be beneficial.
