First, if you even talk about an extensive mental health care program for the mentally ill, the right will scream "Whaaaaaaat! Socialism!!!!! Don't you know that we need that money for Stepford Ann's Polo Pony!!!!"
Second, we lock up more people than any country in the world, 2 million compared to less than 100,000 for most industrialized nations. Locking them up doesn't work.
Yes you can't hold the individual accountable for anything just the inanimate object I forgot.