Clark County inmates found incompetent wait more than 100 days in jail for a Stein bed
FOX5 Vegas investigated the wait for treatment among Clark County inmates found incompetent to stand trial. State data showed 127 people awaiting transfer to Stein, the state forensic facility in Las Vegas, with an average jail wait of 123 days before treatment starts. The story follows a 26-year-old facing an attempted murder charge from an August 2023 stabbing who waited 124 days at the Clark County Detention Center.
The station notes that inmates generally cannot be forcibly medicated in jail, so their conditions can worsen during the wait. The state's forensics director blamed capacity and said treatment at Stein averages 96 days; plans to add about 300 beds had no clear timeline.
The piece documents the scale of the Clark County backlog in early 2024, shortly after the plan for new Las Vegas forensic beds collapsed.
Source: Clark County inmates deemed mentally incompetent left in jail cells with no access to treatment for over 100 days — FOX5 Vegas, by Victoria Saha
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