Florida
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Lawsuit says Florida leaves mentally ill defendants in jail for months past legal limit Statewide
Source: WLRN, by Sharmila Venkatasubban | The Florida Trib
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Florida House committee backs allowing restoration treatment in county jails as 548 defendants wait for state beds Statewide
Source: The Florida Bar News, by Jim Ash
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Florida woman ordered to a state mental facility sat 14 months in a Polk County jail after the order was never carried out
Source: WFLA (Tampa)
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Florida spends at least $50 million a year restoring competency for defendants, mostly on minor charges, investigation finds Statewide
Source: Tampa Bay Times and Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Michael Braga, Anthony Cormier and Leonora LaPeter Anton
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Florida lawmakers say fixing mental-hospital violence will take money, and a DCF official ties the rise in forensic admissions to missing community services Statewide
Source: Tampa Bay Times, by Michael Auslen
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Times and Herald-Tribune investigation finds violence doubled in Florida's state mental hospitals after $100 million in cuts Statewide
Source: Tampa Bay Times and Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Leonora LaPeter Anton, Michael Braga and Anthony Cormier