Advocates ask court to hold Oregon in contempt over competency wait times
Disability Rights Oregon asked a federal court to hold the state in contempt of the 22-year-old Mink v. Brown injunction, saying people found unable to aid their own defense were waiting up to 50 days in jail before admission to Oregon State Hospital, more than seven times the court-ordered limit. The group said at least two people had died while waiting.
The motion set up a contempt ruling later that year that would, for the first time in the case's history, impose ongoing daily fines rather than a one-time penalty.
Source: Disability Rights Oregon Files Motion for Contempt Against State for Continuing to Violate 22-Year-Old Permanent Injunction — Disability Rights Oregon, by Melissa Roy-Hart
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