PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Kapoor, Reena TI - A Continuum of Competency Restoration Services Need Not Include Jail AID - 10.29158/JAAPL.003926-20 DP - 2020 Mar 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 52--55 VI - 48 IP - 1 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/48/1/52.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/48/1/52.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2020 Mar 01; 48 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.