Nevada pays fines and a judge seeks dismissal as Clark County competency waits pass 90 days
FOX5 Vegas reported that Nevada law calls for treatment within seven days of an incompetency ruling, yet as of June 2025 121 Clark County inmates were still waiting after 93 days or more. One defendant waited more than four months for a transfer to Stein Forensic Hospital. The state health division pays $500 a day per inmate for violations, and fines in 2024 paid to Clark County totaled $181,000.
A district judge sought dismissal of at least one case because of the delay, a step the Nevada Supreme Court has supported. On the capacity side, 21 new inpatient beds opened at Stein on July 1, 2025, a 60-bed jail unit had enrolled about 400 people since opening, and a 298-bed forensic hospital is planned for summer 2029.
A defense attorney described the situation as a holding pattern for everyone involved.
Source: Cases dropped due to backlog highlight state wide issue as inmate’s wait for competency restoration — FOX5 Vegas, by Victoria Saha
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