RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
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
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 52
OP 55
DO 10.29158/JAAPL.003926-20
VO 48
IS 1
A1 Reena Kapoor
YR 2020
UL http://jaapl.org/content/48/1/52.abstract
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.