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| Judge: Move inmates or pay |
| By The Orlando Sentinel |
| Published: 10/16/2006 |
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ST. PETERSBURG, FL - A judge threatened the state Department of Children & Families with thousands of dollars a day in fines if it does not begin taking in mentally ill county-jail inmates as required by law. Florida law requires the agency to move county-jail inmates found incompetent to stand trial to treatment facilities within 15 days. But law-enforcement officials and lawyers from around the state say DCF's inaction has left many languishing in jail for months. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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