United States v. Julius

OPINION AND ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

A huge percentage of the incarcerated population in this country suffers from mental illness. See, e.g., U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report: Mental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates, http://bjs.ojp. usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdfimhppji.pdf (2006) (noting that half of all inmates had a *1321mental-health problem, including 45% of federal prisoners). Judges often experience frustration at their own perceived powerlessness to effect more appropriate outcomes for the mentally ill individuals who come before…