Nevada's plan for new forensic beds collapses, state scrambles for alternatives
A planned $55.4 million, 44-bed forensic unit inside a Las Vegas jail collapsed when the city and state could not finalize a lease agreement, forcing Nevada toward stopgap fixes including a $4.9 million, 20-bed renovation of Stein Forensic Hospital, even as the state continued paying per-day penalties for admission delays.
The setback came only months after the state had approved $27 million for related capacity improvements, illustrating how administrative and logistical hurdles — not just funding — can derail a state's efforts to fix its competency system.
Source: State scrambling to come up with forensic beds after deal with Las Vegas went south — Nevada Current, by Camalot Todd
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