New York City's jail system reports 145 people awaited transfer to state custody after being found unfit during the April-June 2019 quarter
The Department of Correction's Quarterly 730 Waitlist Report, issued under a 2015 city law, counts jailed people designated unfit to proceed in court who were awaiting transfer to the custody of the state health department, Office of Mental Health or Office for People with Developmental Disabilities. For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 (April 1 to June 30, 2019) the total was 145.
For each person the report gives the initial jail admission date, the date of the unfit designation, the discharge date and facility, the number of days since designation and the total length of stay in city custody. In that quarter's table the longest wait after designation was 35 days and the longest total stay in city custody was 841 days.
The report is a bare data table with no commentary, but it is the main public record of how long New York City holds defendants found unfit under Criminal Procedure Law section 730 while a state bed is arranged.
Source: Quarterly 730 Waitlist Report — New York City Department of Correction
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