PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Reena Kapoor
TI  - A Continuum of Competency Restoration Services Need Not Include Jail
AID  - 10.29158/JAAPL.003926-20
DP  - 2020 Feb 11
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - JAAPL.003926-20
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/early/2020/02/11/JAAPL.003926-20.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/early/2020/02/11/JAAPL.003926-20.full
AB  - Competency restoration in jails has grown steadily over the past decade, driven primarily by cost considerations and long wait times for inpatient restoration programs. Although jail-based programs may offer an attractive temporary solution to the shortage of beds, a longer-term solution involves enhancing the continuum of competency restoration services available outside of the correctional system. Such a continuum includes inpatient, supportive residential, and outpatient services. If these services were adequately funded and managed, jail-based competency restoration services would provide no additional benefit to patients, mental health professionals, or the criminal justice system.