Alabama
Competence-to-stand-trial stories pinned in Alabama, newest first.
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Seven years after Alabama's consent decree, the waitlist for the state's secure men's psychiatric unit has grown nearly fivefold Statewide
Source: Associated Press (via Yahoo News), by Safiyah Riddle
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Alabama mental health department outlines plan to add jail-based and community competency restoration Statewide
Source: Alabama Department of Mental Health, by Virginia Scott-Adams, Psy.D.
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Federal judge finds Alabama still far out of compliance on competency waits three years after the consent decree Statewide
Source: Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse (University of Michigan Law School), by U.S. District Court, M.D. Ala. (Judge Myron H. Thompson)
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Alabama governor's budget proposes 96 more forensic beds at Taylor Hardin to meet Hunter consent-decree deadlines Statewide
Source: BirminghamWatch (Alabama Daily News), by Mary Sell
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Alabama misses nearly all evaluation and admission deadlines 16 months into its competency consent decree Statewide
Source: Alabama Political Reporter, by Eddie Burkhalter
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Alabama agrees to 30-day cap on competency wait times in federal consent decree Statewide
Source: ACLU of Alabama
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Three Alabama men found incompetent to stand trial sue the state over months-long waits for treatment in county jails Statewide
Source: Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse (University of Michigan Law School), by Plaintiffs in Hunter v. Beshear (U.S. District Court, M.D. Ala.)