Incarceration even more cruel to the neurodivergent
While imprisonment is a barbaric form of punishment, it's far more cruel to those suffering from mental disorders or intellectual impairment, writes Gerry Georgatos.
Prisons and secure mental health hospitals are crammed with people with various cognitive and neurodiverse conditions.
Many are indefinitely detained. All the while, they are not supported. To the Australian nation, these souls are invisible. B