One flew over the cuckoo's nest: Randall finds out that he has been committed indefinitely. Injustice?

In One flew over the cuckoo's nest, Randall's prison sentence has been commuted to a stay in the mental institution. He gets the bad news that his stay in the mental institution is indefinite. This could be read as a parallel to holding down a blue collar job, or a literal struggle inside the mental health system. How do you feel about similar injustices?