mentally ill people

SEATTLE (AP) — The state of Washington has accrued fines of about $7.5 million for failing to provide competency services to mentally ill people who must wait in jails for weeks or months. The federal judge who imposed the fines issued an order on Tuesday saying the state must pay the outstanding balance of $2...

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has modified a permanent injunction against the Washington state agency that oversees competency evaluations for mentally ill people charged with crimes. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman had order the Department of Social and Health services to conduct in-jail competency evaluations within seven days of a judge's order, but the state appealed, saying a 14-day limit