I agree with that.The mental health facilities are far too few and far between. And it is sad. Schizophrenia and Bi-Polar sufferers are especially hard hit. There are so few places that have the skills, and the space to take care of them that the only option is to turn them out onto the street where they have no recourse but crime.
Well, yes, but their biggest failure is in not preventing it in the first place and their biggest crime is causing it in the first place.That is one area that government has truly failed.
Government doesn't cause mental health problems. That is a genetic defect. Back in the old days those afflicted weren't burnt at the stake as witches, or were simply killed when they turned violent. Thankfully those days are past. But, we do need to address this issue. It is severe, and growing.