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Incompetent to Stand Trial
Case in Point
June 6, 2019
Mentally Ill and Languishing in Jail
A Pennsylvania case illustrates a national problem: People with psychiatric illnesses often remain incarcerated while they wait for a hospital bed.
By
Christie Thompson
,
Leila Miller
and
Manuel Villa
