Tag: Colorado Mental Health Institute Of Pueblo
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Denver County opens new competency court
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When criminal defendants’ competency to stand trial is questioned, court proceedings can sometimes screech to a halt. The Denver County Court hopes to get those proceedings back on track through a new competency support docket, a specialized program the court announced on Wednesday. When defendants…
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Specialty courts address overload of mentally ill inmates
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One of the worst parts of an Alamosa County Sheriff deputy’s job is dealing with jail inmates who suffer mental illness as they await agonizingly long times for competency hearings on the way to trial. Sheriff Robert Jackson advised that to get a good picture of what this looks like, envision a certain scene from…