Funding
Budgets, appropriations, grants, costs.
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Virginia Beach opens jail-based restoration pod to cut waits for state hospital beds
Source: WTKR News 3, by John Hood
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Georgia breaks ground on first new state psychiatric hospital in 50 years
Source: Georgia Recorder, by Ellie Fivas
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Missouri proposes budget expansion for outpatient competency beds amid growing backlog Statewide
Source: Missouri Independent, by Steph Quinn
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Nevada fined $447,000 over continued competency-system delays
Source: The Nevada Independent, by Eric Neugeboren
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Oklahoma fined nearly $1 million for missing competency settlement deadlines Statewide
Source: Oklahoma Voice, by Emma Murphy
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Report finds Colorado's competency-restoration backlog persists years after settlement Statewide
Source: Common Sense Institute, by Erik Gamm and John Kellner
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Utah funds jail-based competency restoration unit to cut wait times
Source: Davis Journal, by Becky Ginos
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Nevada to pay $753,500 in fines after Washoe County judge finds state in contempt over delayed competency treatment Statewide
Source: The Nevada Independent, by Eric Neugeboren
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Federal judge holds Oregon in contempt, orders daily fines over competency delays Statewide
Source: Jefferson Public Radio, by Amelia Templeton
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Las Vegas neighbors push back against planned $381 million forensic hospital
Source: FOX5 Vegas, by Jaclyn Schultz
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North Carolina expands jail-based competency restoration to Wake County Statewide
Source: NCDHHS, by North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
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Three North Carolina sheriffs launch jail-based capacity restoration units for defendants too ill for trial Statewide
Source: North Carolina Health News, by Rachel Crumpler
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New Mexico launches its first competency-diversion program Statewide
Source: KUNM, by Ted Alcorn, New Mexico In Depth
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Oklahoma settles class action over restoration-treatment delays Statewide
Source: Oklahoma Attorney General's Office, by Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General
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Mississippi doubles forensic hospital capacity with new 83-bed unit
Source: Mississippi Today, by Gwen Dilworth
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Nevada's plan for new forensic beds collapses, state scrambles for alternatives
Source: Nevada Current, by Camalot Todd
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Alaska Psychiatric Institute doubles restoration capacity with jail-based beds and an outpatient program
Source: Anchorage Daily News, by Tess Williams
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Nevada approves $27 million for jail-based competency program and bed capacity Statewide
Source: The Nevada Independent, by Eric Neugeboren
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Washington pays off $100 million competency fine ahead of schedule Statewide
Source: Washington State Standard, by Grace Deng
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New Hampshire breaks ground on a 24-bed forensic hospital for defendants found not competent or not guilty by reason of insanity
Source: New Hampshire Public Radio, by Paul Cuno-Booth
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Washington fined $100 million for ongoing competency-system failures Statewide
Source: The Spokesman-Review, by Esmy Jimenez, Seattle Times
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Nevada's plan to put forensic beds in Las Vegas city jail slips by at least 18 months
Source: Nevada Current, by Camalot Todd
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CalMatters traces a man jailed nearly nine years in Sacramento without trial as California's IST waitlist hits 1,446
Source: CalMatters, by Jocelyn Wiener
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New Hampshire's forensic hospital stays on schedule but costs run about $6 million over budget
Source: New Hampshire Bulletin, by Annmarie Timmins
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Nevada approves more than $55 million in federal funds to expand forensic hospital capacity Statewide
Source: KOLO, by Kevin Sheridan
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Kansas inmates wait months for mental health beds as Sedgwick and Finney counties describe jail costs Statewide
Source: Kansas Reflector, by Rachel Mipro
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California details $535 million IST solutions plan, including jail stabilization and diversion Statewide
Source: California Department of State Hospitals
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Dallas editorial urges Texas to stop leaving mentally ill defendants in county jails
Source: Longview News-Journal (syndicated from The Dallas Morning News), by Dallas Morning News
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Colorado overhauls competency process, funds new hospital beds Statewide
Source: Colorado General Assembly
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Colorado passes $54 million bed expansion as competency waits reach nearly 90 days Statewide
Source: Colorado Newsline, by Faith Miller
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Pennsylvania plans a 420-bed forensic hospital at Norristown costing $242 million
Source: MONTCO.Today, by Christine Tarlecki
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Legislative Analyst reviews Newsom's $317 million IST package as felony waitlist tops 1,700 Statewide
Source: California Legislative Analyst's Office
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Mississippi homicide suspect found incompetent in 2019 is still in jail, as state hospital forensic capacity lags Statewide
Source: Mississippi Today (Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting), by Julie Whitehead
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Hawaii's $160 million forensic hospital building sits empty nearly a year after completion
Source: Hawaii News Now, by Allyson Blair
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Federal grant funds jail-based competency restoration program in Bexar County
Source: Bureau of Justice Assistance
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Colorado's Pueblo hospital faces a federal safety deadline as the competency waitlist hits a record
Source: The Gazette (Colorado Springs), by Debbie Kelley
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State workgroup sets out 2021 plan to shrink California's incompetent-to-stand-trial waitlist Statewide
Source: California Health and Human Services Agency, by California Health and Human Services Agency and California Department of State Hospitals
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New Hampshire officials outline a 24-bed, $30 million forensic hospital for defendants found incompetent or not guilty by reason of insanity
Source: New Hampshire Bulletin, by Annmarie Timmins
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New York counties' association proposes overhaul of competency restoration after state shifts full cost to counties Statewide
Source: New York State Association of Counties
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Illinois opens $1 million grant round for outpatient restoration of defendants found unfit Statewide
Source: Illinois Department of Human Services, by Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health
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Legislative Analyst: California's IST waitlist leveled off near 800 after years of growth, but referrals keep rising Statewide
Source: California Legislative Analyst's Office
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Alabama governor's budget proposes 96 more forensic beds at Taylor Hardin to meet Hunter consent-decree deadlines Statewide
Source: BirminghamWatch (Alabama Daily News), by Mary Sell
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Ohio fiscal analysis: bill would bar inpatient competency evaluations at state hospitals for nonviolent misdemeanor defendants and fund limited guardians Statewide
Source: Ohio Legislative Service Commission
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Mississippi expands forensic capacity and plans an 83-bed unit after years of jail waits Statewide
Source: Mississippi Today, by Larrison Campbell
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Wisconsin budget analysts detail a growing forensic admission waitlist as the state weighs a new Sand Ridge unit Statewide
Source: Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau, by Jon Dyck, Legislative Fiscal Bureau
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Alaska Mental Health Trust provides $150,000 to clear backlog of jailed defendants awaiting competency evaluations Statewide
Source: Anchorage Daily News, by Michelle Theriault Boots
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Louisiana asks for $348 million to replace its 170-year-old state hospital, where nearly all patients arrive through the courts
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune | The Advocate, by Katherine Sayre
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Arkansas overhauls how courts get mental evaluations of criminal defendants Statewide
Source: Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Washington's mental-health jail-wait fines reach $83 million before settlement Statewide
Source: The Seattle Times, by Martha Bellisle, The Associated Press
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New Hampshire weighs a 100-bed forensic psychiatric hospital to replace the prison's Secure Psychiatric Unit
Source: InDepthNH.org, by Nancy West
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Western State Hospital loses federal certification, and the state's forensic role comes into focus
Source: Northwest News Network, by Austin Jenkins
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Utah's state hospital forensic unit runs full as lawmakers weigh adding beds Statewide
Source: KUER 90.1, by Whittney Evans
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Brown budget sets $117 million for California incompetent-defendant treatment as the population grows by a third Statewide
Source: Los Angeles Times, by Jazmine Ulloa
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Hawaii awards $140 million contract for 144-bed forensic psychiatric building at the State Hospital
Source: Hawaii Department of Health
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Demand for competency orders jumps again as Colorado misses its 28-day deadline Statewide
Source: The Denver Post (republished by Corrections1), by Jennifer Brown
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Michigan has 110 defendants waiting for competency treatment as a state facility runs short of space, newspaper investigation finds Statewide
Source: WNMU-FM (Associated Press), by Associated Press
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Hawaii State Hospital, built for civil patients, now mostly serves defendants committed by courts, nearly 70 percent over fitness
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat, by Rui Kaneya
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Houston Chronicle: Texas jail waits for state hospital beds balloon despite $300 million in new funding
Source: Houston Chronicle, by Keri Blakinger
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Legislative Analyst warns California's IST waitlist has grown to 601 and weighs Kern County jail treatment proposal Statewide
Source: California Legislative Analyst's Office
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South Carolina bill would make the mental health department reimburse counties for jailing people found unfit to stand trial Statewide
Source: South Carolina Legislature Online, by South Carolina General Assembly
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Mississippi budget cuts threaten more jail time for mentally ill as 144 people wait about 11 months for 35 forensic beds Statewide
Source: Mississippi Today, by R.L. Nave and Patsy R. Brumfield
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National report finds psychiatric bed shortage continuing nationwide National
Source: Treatment Advocacy Center, by Doris A. Fuller, Elizabeth Sinclair, Jeffrey Geller, Cameron Quanbeck, and John Snook
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Colorado's Pueblo hospital says its competency backlog is cleared after emergency spending
Source: The Gazette (Colorado Springs), by Jakob Rodgers
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Pennsylvania settles ACLU competency-wait suit, agreeing to add treatment capacity Statewide
Source: CBS Philadelphia
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Florida spends at least $50 million a year restoring competency for defendants, mostly on minor charges, investigation finds Statewide
Source: Tampa Bay Times and Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Michael Braga, Anthony Cormier and Leonora LaPeter Anton
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Nevada opens Stein forensic unit in Las Vegas to treat jailed defendants found incompetent
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal, by Yesenia Amaro
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Times and Herald-Tribune investigation finds violence doubled in Florida's state mental hospitals after $100 million in cuts Statewide
Source: Tampa Bay Times and Sarasota Herald-Tribune, by Leonora LaPeter Anton, Michael Braga and Anthony Cormier
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Hawaii health officials propose doubling State Hospital capacity, citing a flow of court-ordered forensic admissions
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat, by Nathan Eagle