You wouldn't imagine these days that a mental patient could be chained to a concrete slab by prison guards until he died of thirst, but that’s how Timothy Souders died and he is not alone.

This is a horribly sad story. As a mother of a child with a disability, I fear for her and for others. This is unacceptable and will continue to happen until we speak up and act out!

Souders suffered from manic depression. And like a lot of mental patients in this country, he got into trouble and ended up not in a hospital, but in jail. It was a shoplifting case and he paid with his life.

Please note that there are videos to watch of this young man. They are disturbing. I could not watch all of them. It's heartbreaking. It makes me so angry!