Sarah Campbell was sexually abused when she was younger, and she was also diagnosed with depression at 15 years of age with incidents of self-harm. A drug addiction was developed when she was 16, an abortion occurred around the age of 17 and she was also arrested for manslaughter at 18. On the day that she was first arrested, the police allowed her to go home and, on that night, she tried to kill herself for the first time, once her mother found her in bed with a plastic bag on her head an ambulance was called. Sarah’s mother tried to institutionalise her under the Mental Health Act, but the psychiatrics did not accept this request with the excuse that Sarah had borderline personality disorder, which is known as untreatable. After she was sent to Styal prison, her self-harm incidents increased, and she attempted suicide seven more times. The last time she tried to commit suicide, a prison staff was warned by her and did nothing to prevent Sarah’s death (Hattenstone, 2006). …show more content…
Starting with the fact that the criminal justice system knew about Sarah’s mental problem, yet they still put her in a prison without any psychiatric help, that no one helped her address her issue with drug addiction and the past traumas she had, such as the absence of her father and the baby she lost.
Public fear and negative opinions towards Community Care are created by these cases, because society only has easy and direct access to these through the media. If the media broadcasted the positive side of the project, people would be more inclined to believe in it.
The media, nowadays, has an incredible strong power over society. It reaches every age group and most, if not all, the socio-economic ranks. So, the method they use to portray and carry the information is a crucial factor in the way that the community interprets