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Detainees Awaiting Psychiatric Beds Suffer Permanent Harm in Jails

by Eike Blohm, MD

Defendants nationwide who require competency restoration are suffering irreparable harm awaiting psychiatric beds in solitary confinement.

Here’s what happens: An individual with major mental illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, comes to the attention of law enforcement due to the delusions or mania that are ...

 

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