Montana officials seek more control over judicial involuntary commitments
An unidentified woman lies under a blanket in a cell in the Flathead County Detention Center in Kalispell, Montana. She has been held there for nearly a year after being found mentally unfit to stand trial on burglary charges, a jail official said. (Aaron Bolton/KFF Health News)
Inside the white-brick hallways of the Flathead County Detention Center, Jail Commander Jen Root walked up to a steel door with a small window and pointed inside.
“She’s been here almost a year, just laying on her bed,” she said...
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