Federal judge sets time limits on Oregon State Hospital stays for defendants in competency restoration
In the late-summer 2022 ruling, Mosman tied discharge to the seriousness of the charge instead of treatment progress. In May 2022 the 62 patients admitted had waited an average of 31 days, far over the seven-day rule, and more than 75 people were in line. About 100 patients were expected to move to county providers over six months. The hospital held 409 aid-and-assist patients in 705 beds.
Disability Rights Oregon welcomed the order as a way to prevent long jail stays for people presumed innocent. Prosecutors from Clackamas, Marion and Washington counties raised concerns about public safety and about not knowing where discharged patients would be placed.
Source: Judge orders Oregon State Hospital to discharge some patients earlier — Oregon Public Broadcasting, by Ben Botkin (The Lund Report)
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