In March of 2002, a girl by the name of Sarah Lanski was a runaway criminal. At the tender age of eighteen, Ms. Lanski committed the major crimes of grand theft auto and credit card fraud. She escaped the law and traveled to Florida from Michigan with a friend who was involved in the previous crimes. With a warrant out for her arrest, she was caught in Florida and was sent to the state prison for women. Ms. Lanski and her accomplice were held there for several weeks before being shipped up to Michigan's Oakland County Jail. After spending five more weeks in OCJ, she was released, and ran away from home staying the night wherever she could.
             The Lanski family tried repeatedly to contact their out of control daughter, but it took a childhood friend to bring her back to the comfort of her own home. From there she was taken immediately to St. John's Hospital in Macomb. Ms. Lanski admitted herself into the Psychiatric Ward and spent four weeks attempting to get a hold of her sanity and her life.
             In Ms. Lanski's case, she admitted herself willing, yet only because it was her father who drove her to the hospital, and forced her to sign the papers. While she was in the facility, she would speak of the so called insane people she was living with, and would say, "I don't know what I am doing in here, this place is for crazy people!" Did Ms. Lanski not realize that her life was indeed ridiculous, and that she did in fact need to be treated? No, because as soon as she was released, she was back to her old games. She was abusing drugs and leading a life of a junkie. Ms. Lanski was stealing from family and friends, and was alone in her own world her head created. The lack of common sense and maturity was not rehabilitated at the hospital. Many people who are in such programs do not fully recover and often relapse periodically.
             One case, such as Sarah Lanski's, does not fully represent all ou...