{"title":"Legal settlement would expedite MH treatment for Oklahoma detainees","authors":"Gary Enos","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34099","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Yearlong negotiations have led to the proposed settlement of a federal lawsuit over long delays in providing mental health treatment to Oklahoma jail detainees who are found incompetent to stand trial. However, opposition from Gov. Kevin Stitt could derail the remediation plan set out in the settlement, which also requires state legislative approval.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Mental Health Weekly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mhw.34099","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Yearlong negotiations have led to the proposed settlement of a federal lawsuit over long delays in providing mental health treatment to Oklahoma jail detainees who are found incompetent to stand trial. However, opposition from Gov. Kevin Stitt could derail the remediation plan set out in the settlement, which also requires state legislative approval.