Criminal
Jan. 4, 2012
Report: counties should help treat incompetent inmates
As California continues to shift thousands of state prisoners to county jails, another inmate population may soon find itself the purview of the counties: defendants deemed incompetent to stand trial.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
As California continues to shift thousands of state prisoners to county jails, another inmate population may soon find itself within the purview of the counties: criminal defendants deemed incompetent to stand trial.
In a report released Tuesday, the Legislative Analyst's Office said counties should provide medical treatment to mentally ill inmates at risk of languishing for months in jails before ...
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