Nevada approves $27 million for jail-based competency program and bed capacity
Nevada officials approved $27 million in federal relief funds for competency-related mental health care: $14.9 million for a two-year jail-based restoration program in Clark and Washoe counties, roughly $8 million to renovate and expand a Las Vegas forensic facility, and $4.9 million for contracted inpatient and outpatient clinicians.
The funding came after the state was already facing $500-per-day fines for competency-transfer delays averaging 132 days — a sanctions regime that would continue for years afterward even as this funding was meant to address its underlying cause.
Source: Nevada officials approve $27 million for incarcerated people's mental health care — The Nevada Independent, by Eric Neugeboren
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