Neil Gowensmith is a professor of forensic psychology at University of Denver, who has written widely on competency restoration. He is the court-appointed expert overseeing Colorado’s efforts to ...

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, District Court and mental health providers are launching a new local process for evaluating defendants’ mental competency and offering outpatient treatment for ...

Jun. 30—Every year, hundreds of people across New York who have been accused of crimes are sent to state-run mental hospitals to be treated for severe disabilities or mental illnesses that prevent ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – For years, Texas’ state hospital system has operated at capacity, causing hundreds of mentally ill county jail inmates to wait months for a bed and treatment. The state’s $1 billion ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — People charged with crimes who have been deemed mentally incompetent sometimes wait months in jail for restoration services at the state hospital. The 1st Judicial District, ...

When Fernando Martinez Jr. was found incompetent to stand trial, he was supposed to receive treatment at a state psychiatric hospital. Instead, the 33-year-old was kept at the Clark County Detention ...

Torrance State Hospital is one of only two hospitals in Pennsylvania that provide ‘competency restoration,’ treatment for people who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial. Spotlight PA is an ...

Feb. 28—Shellie Whitmore has yet to be in a courtroom with the man accused of stabbing her father to death on a walking path in Manchester more than two years ago. The next chance to change that ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cuyahoga County prosecutors are seeking changes to state law that would allow authorities more time to restore the mental competency of murder defendants awaiting trial. Senate Bill ...

When a defense counsel, prosecutor, or judge has reason to question whether a defendant can rationally assist in their own defense, the court may order a competency evaluation, the most common ...

Hays County is starting a new jail-based competency restoration program meant to help inmates who have been deemed ...

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