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| Mentally ill overwhelming budgets for courts, jails |
| By argusleader.com- Mark Walker |
| Published: 11/16/2015 |
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A backlog of court-ordered competency evaluations at South Dakota's state mental hospital is forcing counties to pay five to 10 times more for exams by private psychiatrists. The delays are also adding costs for the state's largest jails as mentally ill defendants wait weeks or months to find out if they are mentally competent enough for their cases to move forward. "It's a heavy burden," Minnehaha County Commissioner Jeff Barth said. "The state hospital has emptied out and those people are now in our jail or in prison." Read More. |
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