mentally ill defendants

Judge Orders State to Fix Mental Health Facility
Judge Orders State to Fix Mental Health Facility
Judge Orders State to Fix Mental Health Facility
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the partial shutdown of a new treatment facility for mentally ill defendants in Yakima after learning that the renovated jail poses a safety risk. Lawyers for the defendants had sought a restraining order to stop the Department of Social and Health Services from sending mentally ill defendants to the Yakima Residential Treatment Facility to have their com