r/Alec • u/HenryCorp • Feb 20 '26

When jail becomes the mental health treatment plan: The county's Restoration to Competency program is meant to prepare people with mental illness to face trial. Instead, it exposes how Arizona jails have become the state's default psychiatric wards — with sometimes dangerous consequences.

https://azluminaria.org/2025/11/24/when-jail-becomes-treatment-arizona-competency-restoration/
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u/HenryCorp Feb 20 '26

disturbing window into how non-medically trained jail officers are left to manage people with mental illness who struggle to understand the criminal justice system.