>>103721938>You get provided a lawyer in America if you can't afford one. Do you know what the test for "can't afford" is? In most states in America it's 100-200% above the poverty line. Which is anything from $18,000 - $30,000. So if you earn more than $30,000 anywhere in America, you aren't entitled to a public defender. So again, poor people are fucked.
>The difference is that the hospital has to win a court case to keep you in America while you have to win a court case to leave in the UK.It's not a court case in the UK. It's an independent tribunal which consists of a lawyer, a medical professional and a social worker. The hospital has to justify to this tribunal the continued involuntary admission of the patient.
Like I have already said, the systems are the exact same, except in the US, poor people get fucked.
