Jessica Stuckey is 24 years old and lives with a permanent intellectual disability. She spent 36 days in a correctional centre because the n
“When she attended mental health one day and they said we can’t help you unless you’re going to hurt yourself or someone else she threatened to kill the mental health worker,” Harris said.
But instead of getting help suited to her needs, Stuckey was arrested and charged with two counts of uttering threats and mischief over $5,000.
At a hearing, Stuckey was denied bail and ordered to undergo a psychiatric assessment but because the nearest psychiatric hospital was full, she ended up at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre instead. She remained there for 36 days before being found not criminally responsible for her actions. She’s now in a psychiatric hospital until a provincial review board determines her fit for release.
I hope all cops go to hell and then die, and I also hope that every member of the sask government who gave the ok to cut funding to mental health services over the past few years also all goes to hell and then die.
36 days in jail, for being disabled and essentially making a cry for help.
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