Hospital
State hospital capacity, admissions, forensic beds.
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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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Maryland Supreme Court upholds courts' power to fine the health department over slow hospital admissions of incompetent defendants Statewide
Source: Maryland Judiciary, by Supreme Court of Maryland (opinion by Justice Biran)
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Lancaster County jail cases stall as Nebraska's regional center waits grow Statewide
Source: Nebraska Public Media, by Maddie Ames
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Post and Courier investigation finds South Carolina defendants wait about eight months for competency restoration Statewide
Source: The Post and Courier (Aiken Standard copy), by Glenn Smith, Jocelyn Grzeszczak and Alan Hovorka
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Virginia audit finds no clear policy for forensic-patient custody transfers Statewide
Source: VPM, by Dean Mirshahi
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AP: Vermont is the only state without a locked facility for defendants found incompetent, and lawmakers consider building one Statewide
Source: Associated Press / VTDigger (via Boston.com), by Charlotte Oliver/VTDigger, Associated Press
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Investigation: Ohio's psychiatric hospitals are now dominated by the criminal justice system Statewide
Source: The Marshall Project, by Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News, and Doug Livingston, The Marshall Project
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Woman dies in Illinois jail after 67 days awaiting a state hospital bed
Source: Capitol News Illinois, by Illinois Answers Project
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Seven years after Alabama's consent decree, the waitlist for the state's secure men's psychiatric unit has grown nearly fivefold Statewide
Source: Associated Press (via Yahoo News), by Safiyah Riddle
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State assessment finds Pennsylvania's competency system 'in crisis' Statewide
Source: Spotlight PA, by Danielle Ohl
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Massachusetts nurses and SEIU press for separate hospital units as forensic patients fill state psychiatric beds Statewide
Source: WBUR, by Deborah Becker
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Charlotte light-rail case highlights a capacity-evaluation system averaging 69 days at the state's lone evaluation hospital Statewide
Source: North Carolina Health News, by Rachel Crumpler
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Hawaii's law diverting minor offenders to the state hospital after fitness checks is producing repeat admissions Statewide
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat, by Caitlin Thompson
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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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Judge calls Maryland's psychiatric bed backlog a constitutional crisis and rejects the health department's plan Statewide
Source: The Baltimore Banner, by Alex Mann
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Maryland's psychiatric waitlist for jailed defendants hits a record as a judge presses the health department Statewide
Source: The Baltimore Banner, by Alex Mann
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North Carolina defendants wait about six months in jail for hospital beds as capacity-to-proceed demand climbs Statewide
Source: North Carolina Health News, by Rachel Crumpler
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Investigation finds 54 deaths among Texans waiting for a state hospital bed Statewide
Source: KXAN, by David Barer and Josh Hinkle
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Ohio's state psychiatric hospitals run near capacity as defendants wait in jail, public radio reports Statewide
Source: The Ohio Newsroom (Statehouse News Bureau), by Kendall Crawford
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Kansas settles Larned State Hospital wait-time lawsuit, commits to new beds
Source: Kansas Reflector, by Anna Kaminski
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Mississippi doubles forensic hospital capacity with new 83-bed unit
Source: Mississippi Today, by Gwen Dilworth
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New Mexico legislators review draft competency statute and outpatient alternatives Statewide
Source: New Mexico Political Report, by Nicole Maxwell
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DeWine forms work group on competency restoration and diversion as forensic patients fill 93 percent of state hospital beds Statewide
Source: Office of Gov. Mike DeWine, by Office of the Governor of Ohio
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Michigan state report shows waits for forensic hospital beds for incompetent defendants more than quadrupled in a year Statewide
Source: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
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Maine bill would make permanent the option to move violent incompetent defendants from Riverview to prison unit Statewide
Source: Sun Journal, by John Terhune
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Clark County inmates found incompetent wait more than 100 days in jail for a Stein bed
Source: FOX5 Vegas, by Victoria Saha
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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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Treatment Advocacy Center report finds Wyoming jail inmates wait the longest for state hospital beds Statewide
Source: WyoFile, by Madelyn Beck
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Louisiana forensic backlog averages nearly seven months in jail before admission Statewide
Source: The Advocate (Baton Rouge), by Rebecca Holland
- State psychiatric hospital bed counts hit a historic low National
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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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Hawaii State Hospital is over licensed capacity, with patients housed in conference and therapy rooms Statewide
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat, by Kevin Dayton, Nick Grube
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Louisiana's forensic waitlist keeps growing, with nearly 200 jailed ahead of hospital admission Statewide
Source: The Advocate (Baton Rouge), by Rebecca Holland
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Kentucky evaluation backlog reaches 353 as the state psychiatric center operates under half its beds Statewide
Source: 14 News (WFIE, Evansville), by Steve Mehling
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Oregon State Hospital meets the seven-day admission deadline for the first time in four years Statewide
Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, by Rolando Hernandez
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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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Nashville judge opens incompetency docket after dozens of charges dismissed against defendants found incompetent
Source: NewsChannel 5 (WTVF), Nashville, by Ben Hall
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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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Judge approves revised Oregon order that narrows admissions and allows extended stays for serious charges Statewide
Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, by Conrad Wilson
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Researchers document a national 'competency crisis' straining evaluators and hospitals National
Source: Behavioral Sciences & the Law, by Daniel C. Murrie, W. Neil Gowensmith, Lauren E. Kois, and Ira K. Packer
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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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Vermont House weighs bills on care and oversight for defendants found incompetent, after a Bennington killing Statewide
Source: VTDigger, by Kristen Fountain
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Half of North Carolina defendants found incapable to proceed waited 313+ days for a hospital bed, WFAE finds Statewide
Source: WFAE (Charlotte), by Dana Miller Ervin
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Class action filed over Oklahoma defendants waiting up to a year in jail for restoration Statewide
Source: Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
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Texas waitlist for state hospital beds tops 2,500 as lawmakers weigh a deadline Statewide
Source: USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism (originally published by KXAN), by David Barer, CHJ Fellow
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Pandemic collided with Oregon's decades-old competency consent order, researchers find Statewide
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, by Thomas E. Hansen and Amela Blekic
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Texas psychiatric beds go offline for staffing as the forensic waitlist passes 2,500 Statewide
Source: Houston Public Media, by Sara Willa Ernst
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Louisiana jails hold well over 100 incompetent defendants awaiting state hospital beds Statewide
Source: The Lens, by Nick Chrastil
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Virginia legislative commission finds competency restoration is crowding civil patients out of state hospitals Statewide
Source: Virginia Behavioral Health Commission
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Kentucky psychiatric center has 302 people waiting for court-ordered evaluations, averaging nearly six months Statewide
Source: LEX 18, by Christiana Ford
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Judge hears objections to Oregon's hospital stay limits but signals he will only refine them Statewide
Source: Oregon Capital Chronicle, by Ben Botkin
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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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Former staff and patients allege abuse in Norristown's forensic unit for defendants found incompetent
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer, by Samantha Melamed
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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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Kentucky public defenders say defendants wait up to 18 months for state competency evaluations, often longer than any likely sentence Statewide
Source: WKYT, by Kelsey Souto
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Missouri mental health officials tell lawmakers 210 jailed people await hospital beds as staffing gaps deepen Statewide
Source: Missouri Independent, by Tessa Weinberg
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Federal judge sets time limits on Oregon State Hospital stays for defendants in competency restoration Statewide
Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, by Ben Botkin (The Lund Report)
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APA task force report addresses nationwide psychiatric bed shortage National
Source: American Psychiatric Association
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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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Court-appointed expert tells Oregon to limit hospital stays and expand community options to meet the seven-day rule Statewide
Source: Oregon Capital Chronicle, by Lynne Terry
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ACLU sues Kansas over Larned State Hospital wait times
Source: Kansas Reflector, by Anna Kaminski
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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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Texas senator and county official call state hospital waits 'horrifying' as the jail waitlist hits 2,309 Statewide
Source: KXAN (Austin), by David Barer, Josh Hinkle
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Marion County sheriff says jails are a dumping ground as incompetent defendants wait four months for Logansport beds
Source: WRTV (Indianapolis), by WRTV Staff
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With only 39 staffed forensic beds, Mississippi defendants wait up to a year in jail for restoration treatment Statewide
Source: Mississippi Free Press (with Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting), by Julie Whitehead
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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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Nebraska committee advances bill giving incompetent defendants priority at the regional center Statewide
Source: Nebraska Examiner, by Paul Hammel
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Hawaii's new forensic hospital building is set to open after more than a year of delays
Source: Hawaiʻi Public Radio (Associated Press), by The Associated Press
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Western State Hospital shifts toward forensic patients as its competency waitlist grows
Source: The Seattle Times (via Walla Walla Union-Bulletin), by Esmy Jimenez
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Montana jails hold people for months awaiting state hospital forensic evaluations and beds Statewide
Source: Montana Free Press (KFF Health News), by Katheryn Houghton, KFF Health News
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Disability Rights Mississippi sues the mental health department again over records on its forensic unit Statewide
Source: Mississippi Today, by Will Stribling
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Nebraska inmates wait an average of 128 days for Lincoln Regional Center beds Statewide
Source: Nebraska Examiner, by Paul Hammel
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Arkansas jails hold well over a hundred people waiting a year or more for state hospital beds Statewide
Source: KTLO
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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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Texas hospital staffing emergency looms as a record 2,100 people wait in jail for competency restoration Statewide
Source: KXAN (Austin), by David Barer, Josh Hinkle
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California suspends state hospital admissions again during Omicron surge Statewide
Source: California Department of State Hospitals
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Jail inmates file federal class action over South Dakota's delays sending them for competency restoration
Source: KFGO, by Paul Jurgens
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Oregon settles interim deal with advocates, agrees to hire an independent expert on hospital admissions Statewide
Source: Disability Rights Oregon (OHA release), by Oregon Health Authority and Disability Rights Oregon
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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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Kansas health agency reports male defendants waited an average of 171 days for Larned competency services Statewide
Source: Kansas Legislature (special committee testimony), Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, by Scott Brunner
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Texas's competency restoration waitlist reaches a record 1,813, nearly double the year before Statewide
Source: Dallas Observer, by Michael Murney
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Bed closures at Colorado's state psychiatric hospital linked to jail suicides
Source: Colorado Public Radio, by Allison Sherry
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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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KUTV investigation explains how Utah finds defendants incompetent and restores them, and how long it can take Statewide
Source: KUTV 2News Investigates (via KJZZ), by MacKenzie Ryan & Wendy Halloran, KUTV
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Court weighs contempt as Louisiana admits missing forensic admission deadlines Statewide
Source: U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana (via GovInfo), by U.S. District Court, M.D. La.
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Appeals court sends Oregon's hospital admission deadline dispute back to the district judge Statewide
Source: KTVZ (Associated Press), by Associated Press
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Texas state hospitals stay full as the competency waitlist hovers near a record 1,500 Statewide
Source: KXAN (Austin), by David Barer
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Sixteen defendants found guilty except for insanity wait in Oregon jails for hospital beds despite orders Statewide
Source: Street Roots, by Henry Brannan
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Woman with schizophrenia spends six months in a county jail waiting for an Oklahoma forensic bed Statewide
Source: The Frontier, by Brianna Bailey
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Washington reports Phase 1 gains in the Trueblood settlement and files its Phase 2 plan for King County Statewide
Source: U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash. (court filing hosted by Disability Rights Washington), by U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash. (filing in Trueblood v. DSHS, No. C14-1178 MJP)
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Hawaii State Hospital shows off new 144-bed building for court-committed patients
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat, by Anita Hofschneider
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Oregon State Hospital's pandemic staffing emergency prompts request for National Guard nurses Statewide
Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, by Conrad Wilson
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Ohio governor signs Senate Bill 2, allowing outpatient competency restoration for nonviolent misdemeanor cases Statewide
Source: Ohio Senate (Office of Sen. Theresa Gavarone), by Theresa Gavarone
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New Mexico Supreme Court allows longer commitments for defendants found incompetent and dangerous Statewide
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican, by Victoria Traxler
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Arizona House passes bill to commit defendants who are incompetent, unrestorable and dangerous; fiscal analysts flag large costs Statewide
Source: Arizona State Legislature, by Arizona State Senate Research
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Federal judge finds Alabama still far out of compliance on competency waits three years after the consent decree Statewide
Source: Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse (University of Michigan Law School), by U.S. District Court, M.D. Ala. (Judge Myron H. Thompson)
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Michigan health department reports the average wait for forensic hospital admission fell from 157 to 137 days in 2020 Statewide
Source: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
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Excess days for restored California defendants soar to 3,653 in 2020 as COVID-19 halted transfers Statewide
Source: California Department of State Hospitals
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Ohio Senate bill would send low-level defendants to outpatient competency evaluation and free hospital beds Statewide
Source: Spectrum News 1 Ohio, by Josh Rultenberg
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COVID-19 outbreak tops 200 cases at Washington's key forensic hospital
Source: OPB, by Martha Bellisle, Associated Press
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State task force urges planning a replacement for Whiting Forensic Hospital, citing competency patients housed in maximum security
Source: CT Mirror, by Kelan Lyons
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Louisiana court extends oversight of hospital-admission settlement after pandemic disrupts compliance Statewide
Source: Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
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Oregon State Hospital halts admissions after COVID-19 cases Statewide
Source: OPB, by Conrad Wilson
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Lawsuit challenges California's refusal to admit COVID-positive competency patients Statewide
Source: CalMatters, by Lee Romney
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Kentucky health department briefing puts forensic evaluation wait at six to eight weeks, with restoration unfunded Statewide
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (Jail and Corrections Reform Task Force), by Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
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COVID-19 leaves few safe options for defendants found incompetent to stand trial National
Source: The Marshall Project, by Christie Thompson
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Federal judge temporarily loosens Oregon's seven-day hospital admission rule during the pandemic Statewide
Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, by Conrad Wilson
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Pandemic shutters jail transfers to Western State Hospital, and a federal judge orders them to resume Statewide
Source: Crosscut (now Cascade PBS), by David Kroman
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Pandemic admission limits push Colorado toward millions more in competency fines Statewide
Source: The Gazette (Colorado Springs), by Lance Benzel
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Oregon State Hospital halts most admissions during COVID-19, leaving defendants in county jails Statewide
Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, by Conrad Wilson
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Appeals court upholds $370,000 in sanctions on state hospital department for slow admission of incompetent defendants
Source: Metropolitan News-Enterprise, by MetNews Staff Writer
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Chippewa County sheriff's public appeal exposes months-long waits for state psychiatric placement in Michigan Statewide
Source: Bridge Michigan, by Ted Roelofs
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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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Minnesota task force's interim report finds incompetent defendants in state facilities have more than doubled since 2013 Statewide
Source: Minnesota Department of Human Services, by Minnesota Department of Human Services, Behavioral Health Division and Direct Care and Treatment
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Study finds rising numbers of incompetent defendants being routed into long-term hospital care National
Source: CNS Spectrums (Cambridge University Press), by Katherine Warburton, Barbara E. McDermott, Anthony Gale, and Stephen M. Stahl
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Ohio mental health department reports jail-transfer admissions to state hospitals more than doubled in three years Statewide
Source: Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
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Georgia forensic director tells the behavioral health board that forensic waitlists keep growing Statewide
Source: Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, by Karen Bailey, Ph.D., Director, Office of Forensic Services, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
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Detroit News traces Michigan's psychiatric bed shortage through a jailed teen found incompetent in a killing Statewide
Source: The Detroit News, by Karen Bouffard
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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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After Dayton shooting, Ohio governor floats shifting low-level defendants out of state psychiatric hospitals Statewide
Source: The Appeal, by Kira Lerner
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Idaho hospitals urge fast trial dates for restored defendants, who can slip back into incompetence while waiting in jail Statewide
Source: Idaho Press, by Tommy Simmons
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Alabama misses nearly all evaluation and admission deadlines 16 months into its competency consent decree Statewide
Source: Alabama Political Reporter, by Eddie Burkhalter
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Study of 50 states' forensic directors documents 76 percent growth in forensic hospital patients National
Source: CNS Spectrums, by Amanda Wik, Vera Hollen, William H. Fisher
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Judge stops short of contempt for Oregon over hospital delays and sets a 90-day check-in Statewide
Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, by Conrad Wilson
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Marshall Project and Frontline show Pennsylvania's competency wait as a window on a national problem National
Source: The Marshall Project (with PBS Frontline), by Christie Thompson, Leila Miller, and Manuel Villa
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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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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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Alaska's competency system hits a breaking point as jailed defendants wait months for evaluations and beds Statewide
Source: Anchorage Daily News, by Michelle Theriault Boots
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CalMatters finds California's incompetent-to-stand-trial referrals up 60 percent in five years Statewide
Source: CalMatters, by Jocelyn Wiener
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Excess days for restored California defendants jump to 535 in 2018, mostly in Los Angeles County Statewide
Source: California Department of State Hospitals
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Family of Virginia jail detainee who died awaiting a hospital bed receives $3 million settlement
Source: WTKR (News 3), Norfolk, by Web Staff
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Utah State Hospital reports forensic admission wait down to 11 days, citing settlement-driven changes Statewide
Source: Utah Legislature (interim committee materials), by Utah State Hospital and Utah Department of Human Services
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Attorney seeks contempt against Maine health department after mentally ill defendant waits weeks in jail; judge declines
Source: Portland Press Herald, by Megan Gray
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Idaho's state hospitals see patient numbers climb more than 250 percent in five years, driven by court-committed defendants Statewide
Source: Idaho State Journal (Idaho Press), by Tommy Simmons
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Colorado officials face repeated contempt threats as the competency waitlist balloons Statewide
Source: Colorado Public Radio, by Allison Sherry
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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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Journal commentary argues jail-based restoration and forced medication are poor substitutes for timely hospital care National
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, by Alan R. Felthous and Joseph D. Bloom
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Texas health agency deck shows forensic patients taking a growing share of state hospital beds and a 296-day average from arrest to admission Statewide
Source: Texas Judicial Branch, by Mike Maples, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
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Utah forensic waitlist falls to 15 as hospital admissions rise after settlement Statewide
Source: KSL.com, by Wendy Leonard
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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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San Antonio editorial: Texas's forensic waiting list of 675 defendants outpaces planned hospital expansion
Source: San Antonio Express-News, by Express-News Editorial Board
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Utah State Hospital cuts forensic wait to 60 days, meeting first settlement target Statewide
Source: Deseret News, by McKenzie Romero
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Nebraska senator opens legislative study on missing mental health treatment for people in the criminal justice system Statewide
Source: Nebraska Legislature
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Minnesota health department memo shows jail-priority admissions under the 48-hour law jumped fivefold in four years Statewide
Source: Minnesota Department of Human Services (memo to Senate Human Services Reform Finance and Policy Committee), by Dan Kitzberger, Legislative Director, Direct Care and Treatment, Minnesota Department of Human Services
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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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D.C. Auditor review finds forensic services strained by hospital waitlists, court-ordered appearances and thin staffing Statewide
Source: Office of the D.C. Auditor, by Office of the District of Columbia Auditor (with the Council for Court Excellence)
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Auditor's follow-up: Minnesota still jails incompetent defendants while hospitals run below capacity Statewide
Source: Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor, by Office of the Legislative Auditor, State of Minnesota
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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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Alabama agrees to 30-day cap on competency wait times in federal consent decree Statewide
Source: ACLU of Alabama
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Court commitments to Hawaii State Hospital have more than tripled since 1997, most tied to fitness to proceed Statewide
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat, by Rui Kaneya
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Pennsylvania misses a second settlement deadline for forensic beds as Norristown residents push back and waits approach 14 months
Source: WHYY, by Laura Benshoff
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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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Arkansas State Hospital is full and understaffed while 79 Pulaski County inmates wait on forensic evaluations
Source: KARK (Little Rock)
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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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Maryland forensic services director resigns after contempt ruling over hospital bed shortage Statewide
Source: The Baltimore Sun, by Michael Dresser
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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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Baltimore judge holds Maryland health officials in contempt and orders new hospital beds by year-end Statewide
Source: The Baltimore Sun, by Pamela Wood
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Maryland's high court says unreasonable delay in hospital transfers can violate incompetent defendants' due process rights Statewide
Source: Maryland Judiciary, by Court of Appeals of Maryland (opinion by Judge McDonald)
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Lincoln Journal Star reports nine mentally ill defendants in Lancaster County jail awaiting regional center beds
Source: Lincoln Journal Star, by Nancy Hicks
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Mississippi's forensic unit has 35 beds and a nine-to-eleven-month wait, leaving mentally ill defendants in jail
Source: Jackson Free Press, by Arielle Dreher
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NASMHPD assessment finds forensic patients in state hospitals up 76 percent, driven by incompetency cases National
Source: National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD), by Amanda Wik, M.A.; Vera Hollen, M.A.; William H. Fisher, Ph.D.
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Utah settles lawsuit over competency-treatment wait times Statewide
Source: Prison Legal News, by Derek Gilna
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Inmate dies in San Luis Obispo jail while waiting for a bed; local reporting shows long jail waits for incompetent defendants
Source: Santa Maria Sun, by Chris McGuinness
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Texas inmates wait longer for state hospital treatment even after a funding increase, AP reports Statewide
Source: Houston Public Media (AP), by Associated Press
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Deseret News investigation finds Utah jails holding mentally ill defendants for months awaiting treatment Statewide
Source: Deseret News, by Daphne Chen and McKenzie Romero
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ACLU tells federal court Pennsylvania's jail waits for competency beds have not improved a year after settlement Statewide
Source: ACLU of Pennsylvania (court filing), by ACLU of Pennsylvania (counsel for plaintiffs, J.H. v. Dallas, M.D. Pa.)
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Inmates found incapable to proceed occupy most men's beds at western North Carolina's Broughton Hospital
Source: WLOS (Asheville), by Kimberly King
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Treatment Advocacy Center models how small policy changes could shorten waits for forensic beds National
Source: Treatment Advocacy Center
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Illinois jails hold defendants found unfit for trial while state hospitals report no open beds
Source: WTTW News, by Paris Schutz
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Louisiana agrees to end long wait for psychiatric hospital transfers Statewide
Source: The Advocate (Baton Rouge), by Joe Gyan Jr.
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Wyoming health department proposes statute changes to speed court-ordered competency and sanity evaluations Statewide
Source: Wyoming Legislature (interim committee materials), by Wyoming Department of Health, Director's Unit for Policy, Research, and Evaluation
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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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Federal judge refuses to dismiss suit over jail waits for Louisiana defendants found incompetent Statewide
Source: U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana (via GovInfo), by U.S. District Court, M.D. La.
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Washington held in contempt over jail 'waiting rooms' for mental health Statewide
Source: Nonprofit Quarterly, by Ruth McCambridge
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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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Maryland psychiatric hospitals are full, leaving dozens of court-ordered defendants stuck in jail Statewide
Source: The Baltimore Sun, by Michael Dresser
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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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Federal judge gives Washington until May to fix competency waits, saying class members were treated like boxes on a shelf Statewide
Source: The Spokesman-Review, by Rachel Alexander
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LePage administration revives plan to move dangerous forensic patients from Riverview to the state prison Statewide
Source: Portland Press Herald, by Kevin Miller
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Florida lawmakers say fixing mental-hospital violence will take money, and a DCF official ties the rise in forensic admissions to missing community services Statewide
Source: Tampa Bay Times, by Michael Auslen
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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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Death of a jailed man awaiting a hospital bed puts Virginia's forensic waits in focus
Source: The Virginian-Pilot, by Gary Harki
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Federal judge orders Nevada to treat jailed incompetent defendants within seven days
Source: KSL.com (Associated Press), by Associated Press
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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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Hundreds of incompetent California defendants wait in county jails as state hospital beds run short Statewide
Source: KQED, by Scott Shafer
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South Carolina audit finds the state hospital agency has too little time to restore defendants to competency Statewide
Source: South Carolina Legislative Audit Council
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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
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Disability Law Center sues Utah over jail waits for competency treatment Statewide
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, by Tom Harvey
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Advocates say Colorado is breaching its 2012 deal on speedy competency evaluations Statewide
Source: CBS Colorado (Associated Press), by Dan Elliott
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Clark County public defenders seek dismissals as mentally ill inmates wait 90 to 150 days for treatment
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal, by Yesenia Amaro
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Maine health commissioner summoned to contempt hearing over delayed hospital beds for defendants found incompetent
Source: Portland Press Herald, by Scott Dolan