Excess days for restored California defendants soar to 3,653 in 2020 as COVID-19 halted transfers
In its February 2021 report to the Legislature, the Department of State Hospitals counted 3,653 excess days for calendar year 2020. Of those, 1,061 were in state hospitals and 2,592 were in jail-based competency treatment programs.
The report says nearly 75 percent of the state-hospital excess days fell between March and May 2020, when admissions and discharges were suspended during the pandemic, and describes a similar pattern in the jail-based programs. San Diego County had the most days with 696, followed by San Bernardino with 428 and Riverside with 379.
The figures show how pandemic restrictions slowed the movement of restored defendants between hospitals, jails and courts.
Source: Report on Incompetent to Stand Trial Commitments Exceeding the 10-Day Limit — California Department of State Hospitals
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