Minnesota
Competence-to-stand-trial stories pinned in Minnesota, newest first.
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Minnesota creates statewide 'forensic navigator' system for competency cases Statewide
Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes, by Minnesota Legislature (Office of the Revisor of Statutes)
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Minnesota task force recommends a competency statute, certified forensic navigators and a three-tier restoration system Statewide
Source: Minnesota Department of Human Services, by Minnesota Department of Human Services, Behavioral Health Division and Direct Care and Treatment
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Minnesota task force's interim report finds incompetent defendants in state facilities have more than doubled since 2013 Statewide
Source: Minnesota Department of Human Services, by Minnesota Department of Human Services, Behavioral Health Division and Direct Care and Treatment
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Minnesota convenes a statewide task force on community competency restoration under a 2019 law Statewide
Source: Minnesota Department of Human Services
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Minnesota health department memo shows jail-priority admissions under the 48-hour law jumped fivefold in four years Statewide
Source: Minnesota Department of Human Services (memo to Senate Human Services Reform Finance and Policy Committee), by Dan Kitzberger, Legislative Director, Direct Care and Treatment, Minnesota Department of Human Services
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Auditor's follow-up: Minnesota still jails incompetent defendants while hospitals run below capacity Statewide
Source: Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor, by Office of the Legislative Auditor, State of Minnesota
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Minnesota legislative auditor finds most defendants found incompetent stay in jail awaiting treatment Statewide
Source: Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor, by Office of the Legislative Auditor, Program Evaluation Division (project manager Joel Alter)
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Hennepin County data show about half of defendants found incompetent fall into a gap between criminal and civil commitment courts
Source: MinnPost, by Andy Mannix