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The Special Commitment Center (SCC) in the US state of Washington is a post-prison-sentence treatment institution for people designated as sexually violent predators, located on McNeil Island. Civil commitment is the subject of controversy because it allows the involuntary civil confinement of a sex offender after the court's sentence has been ...
The legislature finds that a small but extremely dangerous group of sexually violent predators exist who do not have a mental disease or defect that renders them appropriate for the existing involuntary treatment act . . . which is intended to be a short-term civil commitment system that is primarily designed to provide short-term treatment to ...
Civil commitment, or involuntary commitment, has long been used by governments to temporarily detain people in a hospital or institution because of their risk to harm themselves or others.
The King County Prosecuting Attorney is a non-partisan elected official in King County, Washington.The Prosecuting Attorney leads the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, and prosecutes all felonies (as well as all misdemeanors in unincorporated areas, and those brought by state law enforcement agencies) that occur within King County, Washington.
Jul. 28—In 2021, an average of 41 people were detained daily for mental health crises in Washington. Authorities "totally disregarded" the law by holding some people in psychiatric hospitals too ...
According to the Washington State Health Care Authority, E&T facilities can offer both voluntary and involuntary treatment to individuals with mental health disorders and are designed to provide ...
Donaldson that involuntary hospitalization and/or treatment violates an individual's civil rights. The individual must be exhibiting behavior that is a danger to themselves or others and a court order must be received for more than a short (e.g. 72-hour) detention. The treatment must take place in the least restrictive setting possible.
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