Kentucky
Competence-to-stand-trial stories pinned in Kentucky, newest first.
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Kentucky evaluation backlog reaches 353 as the state psychiatric center operates under half its beds Statewide
Source: 14 News (WFIE, Evansville), by Steve Mehling
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Kentucky psychiatric center has 302 people waiting for court-ordered evaluations, averaging nearly six months Statewide
Source: LEX 18, by Christiana Ford
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Kentucky public defenders say defendants wait up to 18 months for state competency evaluations, often longer than any likely sentence Statewide
Source: WKYT, by Kelsey Souto
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Kentucky enacts a commitment track for violent defendants who cannot be restored to competency Statewide
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, by Kentucky General Assembly
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Kentucky health department briefing puts forensic evaluation wait at six to eight weeks, with restoration unfunded Statewide
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (Jail and Corrections Reform Task Force), by Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
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Kentucky senators file a bill to create an involuntary-commitment track for violent defendants found incompetent and unlikely to be restored Statewide
Source: Kentucky General Assembly (Legislative Research Commission), by Kentucky Legislative Research Commission