Texas auditor examines jail-based competency restoration program
The Texas State Auditor's Office examined how the state delivers jail-based competency restoration to pretrial inmates, evaluating program compliance, timeliness, and outcomes as an alternative to inpatient state hospital restoration — one of the more detailed state-level oversight reports found in this backfill.
The audit came as pressure was building elsewhere in the state's competency system, just weeks before a KXAN investigation into waitlist deaths would draw national attention to the same underlying capacity shortfall.
Source: A Review of Competency Restoration Services for Inmates in County Jails — Texas State Auditor's Office
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