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A strange puzzle piece sits between the worlds of mental health care and the criminal legal system. For the last decade, nearly every county in Washington has sent a rapidly growing number of …
Gov. Jay Inslee proposed a plan to “transform the state’s mental health system” by 2023, but the state has failed to meet its deadline and the repercussions are frustrating families, advocates and law enforcement.
The county urged a judge to allow them to argue for monetary sanctions against DSHS for not moving mentally ill inmates from jail to the hospital.
More judges across the state are dismissing charges against mentally ill defendants waiting too long for mental health treatment in jail.
In a motion, the county said it is incurring “unnecessary costs” by housing a seriously mentally ill defendant.