exuberance

I have Sims 2... I have Sims 2! I was such a fan of the first Sims and all the time it caused me to waste. There is nothing like having to build a person from the ground up and then seeing what happens. Stupid, I know. Not only that, but I knew all the cheat codes to get all the money they ever needed to build big houses. Fun fun fun. Nothing like sitting at a desk staring at a computer screen all night. Hey wait, that's what I do all day, too. Except it's filling prescriptions.
And speaking of which, we had a conference call to address all the negative press with the NY Times article mentioned earlier. It seems that Paul von Zielbauer has written many an article about prisons. Let us see:

1. The first located here entitled Report on State Prisons Cites Inmates' Mental Illness. This one goes after the Department of Correctional Services. Lockdown is the punishment in question. He cites several stats and the inhumane treatment. He states that many of the prisoners are mentally ill and the system is unable to care for them properly. My question is, who is able to care for the mentally ill properly. What are the standards? What are the goals of treatment? Seriously mentally ill prisoners should receive adequate treatment, I agree, but how is this determined?

2. This is the Consensus Project. The Criminal Justice / Mental Health Consensus Project is an unprecedented, national effort coordinated by the Council of State Governments (CSG) to help local, state, and federal policymakers and criminal justice and mental health professionals improve the response to people with mental illness who become involved in, or are at risk of involvement in, the criminal justice system. The landmark Consensus Project Report, which was authored by CSG and representatives of leading criminal justice and mental health organizations, reflects the results of a series of meetings among 100 of the most respected criminal justice and mental health practitioners in the country. Since the release of the report in June 2002, the Consensus Project has continued to promote practical, flexible approaches to this issue through educational presentations, technical assistance, and the dissemination of information about programs, research, and policy developments in the field. His articles are found here as well in the news section.

3. More to come...