V. Mentally Ill Inmates And Prisoners

JurisdictionNew York

V. MENTALLY ILL INMATES AND PRISONERS

If a prisoner in jail, either awaiting trial or serving a sentence, becomes mentally ill, he or she may be transferred to a psychiatric hospital or to a psychiatric prison ward of a general hospital.95 A jail physician and the warden or jailer must certify in writing that the prisoner needs inpatient care and treatment and must notify the hospital director. The director of a state hospital or designated local hospital, or the director of community mental health services, must determine whether the...

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