Colorado officials face repeated contempt threats as the competency waitlist balloons
Average waits for restoration services climbed from roughly 24 days in mid-2017 to about 81 days by mid-2018, according to the report, and nearly 300 people statewide were sitting in jails with some past 100 days and one near 200. Judges had threatened or held human services officials in contempt 22 times in the two months of July and August alone.
The story illustrates the human side through a man held nearly 200 days in the Denver jail on a misdemeanor, and quotes the behavioral health chief saying the state would keep working to expand capacity.
Source: Colorado Increasingly In Contempt As More Judges Recognize That Jail Isn't A Mental Health Answer — Colorado Public Radio, by Allison Sherry
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