County jail expands number of mentally ill inmates that can be treated (vvdailypress.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) 11/29/176:13 PM

A San Bernardino County jail is expanding the number of mentally ill inmates to be treated inside the facility by behavioral health workers as state hospitals continue to face bed shortages.

Up to 96 patient inmates unfit to stand trial and housed at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga can be admitted into the Jail Based Competency Treatment Program, active at the jail since 2010, under a new three-year contract approved earlier this month.

The program offers services similar to those in state mental health facilities, including illness management, psychotropic medication prescription, competency restoration and physical, mental and social stimulation, according to a county staff report.

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