What makes you think the family even knew he was in jail? 

"The police were never meant to treat or supervise the mentally ill..."
That's why the "uncaring" family made sure that training them and providing 24 7 mental health professionals at city and county jails is part of the settlement.

"The mentally ill are not treated kindly or professionally by our society."
This much is true, of course it costs money to provide care for the mentally ill in our society. I'm all for my tax money going to fund health care including mental illness. You? 

From the article:

"He often lived on the streets. He had been jailed on charges of trespassing and disturbing the peace." 
The vast majority of the homeless suffer from mental illness. Those are the main charges police file against homeless people for sleeping while homeless. Another way to help with mental illness is to help the homeless. Again, seems like a good way to spend my tax dollars. You in?