Texas
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Judge rejects Texas's request to pause competency wait-time order
Source: Texas Public Radio, by Diego Medel | San Antonio Report
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Texas appeals ruling requiring faster hospital admission for incompetent defendants Statewide
Source: The Texas Tribune, by Katlyn Ma and Alex Nguyen
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Federal court rules Texas's competency wait times unconstitutional, orders 21-day cap Statewide
Source: Disability Rights Texas
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Texas auditor examines jail-based competency restoration program Statewide
Source: Texas State Auditor's Office
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Investigation finds 54 deaths among Texans waiting for a state hospital bed Statewide
Source: KXAN, by David Barer and Josh Hinkle
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Texas psychiatric hospital staffing gaps keep over 2,500 defendants waiting in jail Statewide
Source: The Texas Tribune, by Stephen Simpson
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Texas waitlist for state hospital beds tops 2,500 as lawmakers weigh a deadline Statewide
Source: USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism (originally published by KXAN), by David Barer, CHJ Fellow
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Texas psychiatric beds go offline for staffing as the forensic waitlist passes 2,500 Statewide
Source: Houston Public Media, by Sara Willa Ernst
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Dallas editorial urges Texas to stop leaving mentally ill defendants in county jails
Source: Longview News-Journal (syndicated from The Dallas Morning News), by Dallas Morning News
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Texas senator and county official call state hospital waits 'horrifying' as the jail waitlist hits 2,309 Statewide
Source: KXAN (Austin), by David Barer, Josh Hinkle
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KXAN-led investigation finds at least 12 Texans died in jail awaiting competency treatment Statewide
Source: USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, by David Barer and Josh Hinkle
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Texas hospital staffing emergency looms as a record 2,100 people wait in jail for competency restoration Statewide
Source: KXAN (Austin), by David Barer, Josh Hinkle
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KXAN reports Texas's jail waitlist for competency restoration hit 1,838 and examines a statewide plan to cut it Statewide
Source: KXAN (Austin), by David Barer, Josh Hinkle
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Federal grant funds jail-based competency restoration program in Bexar County
Source: Bureau of Justice Assistance
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East Texas man spends two years in jail before and while waiting for competency restoration
Source: Dallas Observer, by Michael Murney
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Texas's competency restoration waitlist reaches a record 1,813, nearly double the year before Statewide
Source: Dallas Observer, by Michael Murney
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Texas judicial and health commissions publish a toolkit to shrink the jail wait for competency restoration beds Statewide
Source: Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health, by Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health and Texas Health and Human Services Commission
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Texas state hospitals stay full as the competency waitlist hovers near a record 1,500 Statewide
Source: KXAN (Austin), by David Barer
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KXAN 'Locked in Limbo' finds Texas's $1 billion hospital rebuild would still leave the competency waitlist 555 beds short Statewide
Source: KXAN (Austin), by David Barer
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Texas health agency deck shows forensic patients taking a growing share of state hospital beds and a 296-day average from arrest to admission Statewide
Source: Texas Judicial Branch, by Mike Maples, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
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San Antonio editorial: Texas's forensic waiting list of 675 defendants outpaces planned hospital expansion
Source: San Antonio Express-News, by Express-News Editorial Board
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Fox San Antonio investigation finds incompetent Bexar County inmates waiting months or years for state hospital beds
Source: Fox San Antonio (KABB), by Yami Virgin, Fox San Antonio
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Houston Chronicle: Texas jail waits for state hospital beds balloon despite $300 million in new funding
Source: Houston Chronicle, by Keri Blakinger
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Texas inmates wait longer for state hospital treatment even after a funding increase, AP reports Statewide
Source: Houston Public Media (AP), by Associated Press
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Texas Senate staff analysis: bill would steer misdemeanor defendants away from state hospital restoration to cut jail waits Statewide
Source: Texas Legislature Online, by Texas Senate Research Center
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Texas jails hold a record number of accused violent offenders waiting for maximum-security hospital beds
Source: The Dallas Morning News, by Terri Langford, Naomi Martin
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Houston misdemeanor defendants wait in jail for mental hospital transfer as forensic beds crowd out civil care
Source: Houston Press, by Meagan Flynn