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Lawsuit Exposes Jail Limbo for Mentally Incompetent Defendants in Texas

Loaded on Feb. 15, 2008 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News February, 2008, page 30
Filed under: Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness). Location: Texas.
by Matt Clarke

According to a lawsuit filed by a non-profit group, Texas is facing a shortage of mental hospital beds that leaves hundreds of mentally-incompetent criminal defendants stranded in jails awaiting treatment.

Texas has a total of 738 mental hospital beds designated for mentally ill jail prisoners, including 343 ...

 

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