Washington
Competence-to-stand-trial stories pinned in Washington, newest first.
- Washington submits latest phase of its court-ordered competency overhaul Statewide
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Washington drops appeal of competency fines as jail waits keep climbing Statewide
Source: Prison Legal News
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Washington pays off $100 million competency fine ahead of schedule Statewide
Source: Washington State Standard, by Grace Deng
- 22 Washington counties sue the state over mental-health treatment obligations Statewide
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Competency referrals have roughly doubled in Washington over a decade Statewide
Source: The Spokesman-Review, by Esmy Jimenez, Seattle Times
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Washington fined $100 million for ongoing competency-system failures Statewide
Source: The Spokesman-Review, by Esmy Jimenez, Seattle Times
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Washington adds jail-based specialists and new diversion options Statewide
Source: Washington State Governor's Office (Medium), by Governor Jay Inslee
- Advocates ask court to hit Washington with $250 million in new fines Statewide
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Washington enacts law to speed transfers from outpatient restoration and tighten competency service deadlines Statewide
Source: Washington State Legislature, by Washington State Senate (Office of Senate Bill Reports)
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Western State Hospital shifts toward forensic patients as its competency waitlist grows
Source: The Seattle Times (via Walla Walla Union-Bulletin), by Esmy Jimenez
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Washington reports Phase 1 gains in the Trueblood settlement and files its Phase 2 plan for King County Statewide
Source: U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash. (court filing hosted by Disability Rights Washington), by U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash. (filing in Trueblood v. DSHS, No. C14-1178 MJP)
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COVID-19 outbreak tops 200 cases at Washington's key forensic hospital
Source: OPB, by Martha Bellisle, Associated Press
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Pandemic deepens Washington's jail backlog of defendants found unfit to stand trial Statewide
Source: Crosscut (now Cascade PBS), by David Kroman
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Pandemic shutters jail transfers to Western State Hospital, and a federal judge orders them to resume Statewide
Source: Crosscut (now Cascade PBS), by David Kroman
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Washington's court-approved plan for phase one of the Trueblood settlement sets hiring, bed and diversion targets Statewide
Source: U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash. (court filing hosted by Disability Rights Washington), by U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash. (filing in Trueblood v. DSHS, No. C14-1178 MJP)
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Washington creates 'forensic navigator' role to speed competency cases Statewide
Source: Disability Rights Washington
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Federal judge approves settlement over Washington's competency delays Statewide
Source: DSHS (Washington State Department of Social and Health Services), by Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
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Washington's mental-health jail-wait fines reach $83 million before settlement Statewide
Source: The Seattle Times, by Martha Bellisle, The Associated Press
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Western State Hospital loses federal certification, and the state's forensic role comes into focus
Source: Northwest News Network, by Austin Jenkins
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Judge finds Washington in contempt again, this time over slow in-jail competency evaluations Statewide
Source: The Spokesman-Review (Associated Press), by Martha Bellisle (Associated Press)
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Judge says Washington's mental-health jail waits have gotten worse, not better Statewide
Source: The Seattle Times, by Martha Bellisle, The Associated Press
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Washington held in contempt over jail 'waiting rooms' for mental health Statewide
Source: Nonprofit Quarterly, by Ruth McCambridge
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Federal judge gives Washington until May to fix competency waits, saying class members were treated like boxes on a shelf Statewide
Source: The Spokesman-Review, by Rachel Alexander
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Federal court rules Washington's competency delays unconstitutional Statewide
Source: Prison Legal News, by Mark Wilson
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Spokane judge fines Eastern State Hospital for slow competency evaluations as jail waits stretch past a month
Source: The Spokesman-Review, by Rachel Alexander
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State judges begin fining Washington over jail mental-health waits Statewide
Source: HeraldNet, by Martha Bellisle, Associated Press