TY - JOUR T1 - A Continuum of Competency Restoration Services Need Not Include Jail JF - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law SP - 52 LP - 55 DO - 10.29158/JAAPL.003926-20 VL - 48 IS - 1 AU - Reena Kapoor Y1 - 2020/03/01 UR - http://jaapl.org/content/48/1/52.abstract N2 - 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. ER -