Georgia
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Georgia breaks ground on first new state psychiatric hospital in 50 years
Source: Georgia Recorder, by Ellie Fivas
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Georgia agrees to fixed deadlines for competency evaluations and hospital admission Statewide
Source: Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
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Georgia's forensic agency publishes a toolkit to help courts cut delays in competency hearings Statewide
Source: Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, by Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, with the Center for Justice Innovation
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Georgia judge holds state in contempt as competency jail backlog grows Statewide
Source: KFF Health News (with Georgia Health News), by Andy Miller and Rebecca Grapevine
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Georgia forensic director tells the behavioral health board that forensic waitlists keep growing Statewide
Source: Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, by Karen Bailey, Ph.D., Director, Office of Forensic Services, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
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Georgia advocates sue Fulton County over women's jail confinement, citing exclusion from competency restoration and long hospital waits
Source: U.S. District Court, N.D. Ga. (complaint as hosted by Courthouse News Service), by Georgia Advocacy Office and Southern Center for Human Rights (plaintiffs' counsel)