How Much Do 220 People Cost?

This 17 page document contains confidential information, the cover page titled "How much do 220 People Cost?". The document contains various visuals with a hidden message discussing the cost of living for both men and women patients at the Mendocino State Hospital. The cost the state of California has given this state hospital over the past 18 years has been $4,250,000, which as expressed in the document was not enough due to the living conditions these patients lived in. Graphic pictures are displayed of patients in which bad conditions are shown and negative feedback is given such as stating that, "Patients in the hospital, Regressed". The conditions in Mendocino State Hospital were so bad that even with the present level of staffing most patients would die but before these patients die it would cost families, 6,000,000. The document provides statistics and evidence of how understaffed the facility was which caused negative results. The document seems to be asking for more treatment money and more staff which will equal less hospitalized patients, and having fewer hospitalized patients equalled lower per capita cost to the taxpayer.