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.