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In a presentation to the Suffolk County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee, psychiatric hospital administrators said they have seen more violent patients, more people with drug problems and more people with “jail-like behaviors.”
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Administrators cite increased drug use and “jail-like behaviors.”
A 30% decrease in pre-trial jail population is blamed in part, along with restricted access to longterm psychiatric care and COVID-related court closures.
While the trend started before New York’s new bail reform laws took effect which eliminated cash bail for most nonviolent crimes, since the changes reports of violence have grown 60% and staff have resorted to more physical restraints which have resulted in more injuries.