![]() It’s not a therapeutic environment for people who are mentally ill. “When someone’s been found guilty except for insanity, the law says they need therapy and treatment,” said Stacey Reding, a defense attorney representing one of the men awaiting admission. That number is increasing: Court documents from September showed 18 people found guilty except for insanity awaiting admission. Though the court’s ruling was localized to Multnomah County, state hospital officials said that as of Monday, there are 26 people who have been found guilty except for insanity waiting in jails across the state for admission to the state hospital to received treatment and to serve their sentence. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office has not received any payments or invoice orders related to the contempt ruling, a spokesman for the agency said. The two men have been in jail for months, awaiting treatment. The Oregon State Hospital in Salem has again been found guilty of contempt of a court order for failing to house and treat two Multnomah County Jail inmates who were found guilty except for insanity. Waller required the fines be paid to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, which operates the county jails, to “exclusively fund staff training for corrections staff on managing the behavioral health issues of people in custody.” “The Oregon State Hospital and the Oregon Health Authority are in contempt of court as defined under by failing to admit the defendants to OSH for treatment within seven days as mandated by the Court’s 9/22/21 written order,” Waller wrote in her latest order, dated Oct. It’s a significant increase from last month, when Waller first found the state in contempt of her ruling to transport the two men to the state hospital or pay $100 per day, per person. Judge Nan Waller ordered the state to pay $2,500 per day, per person as long as the men wait in jail.
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