From: Bill Lucy 

In article , gaw{at}sover.net says...
> The point GB was making was that the facilities were already in oversupply
> once the pols started "mainstreaming" the mentally ill into society by
> making it harder to lock them up.  There are lots and lots of facilities
> that had to be closed (or drastically downsized, even a heavy hitter like
> McLean) because of the large number of empty beds.  There are large areas
> now though without enough beds, especially for juvenile cases.

The point that Rich and I were making is that a lot of these facilities
were closed *prior* to the mainstreaming. Governor Thompson started closing
facilities in Illinois in the early 80s, and it wasn't because of lawsuits.

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