Re: Troubled man killed father, then himself, April 20

Another death of a disabled, mentally ill person at the Don Jail. Where is the absolute outrage at this? What is going on and who is taking care to ensure that those with disabilities and demonstrable mental illnesses are being properly secured and cared for while awaiting their day in court?

Have we become so complacent that we don’t care any more? Are we so struck dumb by the feeling of helplessness in the face of a government that has not put in place systems to ensure this can’t ever happen that we say nothing anymore?

I am appalled, saddened and angry. Most of us know of someone with a mental illness or other form of disability, either permanent or temporary. Please demand answers now, everyone — before it is one of yours that is arrested and either murdered or commits suicide on the watch of our prison governors.

Michelle Viscount, Mississauga