It's not that simple in Kentucky to have someone with a permanent mental illness put in a a medical facility. They normally end up in prison or on the street because the system doesn't have the money or bed space available to keep someone more than a few days. If you think jails are overcrowded and you can't keep criminals off the streets because of it, that's nothing compared to the situation with Kentucky's public mental health facilities. The root of the problem is that the people of Kentucky