If a person diagnosed with mental illness is arrested, they must be evaluated by a psychiatrist to determine mental competence. Additionally, anyone arrested and suspected of suffering from a mental illness should be evaluated by a psychiatrist. If the psychiatrist diagnoses the person with a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia or bipolar), which can cause a person to hear, see or believe things that are not real, then that person should be sent to a residential care facility. treatment, such as the Pathways center in the book. This policy would keep people with serious mental illnesses out of incarceration, making more room for criminals and providing people with mental illnesses with applicable and better treatment that they would not receive in prison. It can also save money (Belluck,