A targeted program is coming to the Wake County Detention Center aimed at improving mental health services for inmates who doctors deem unfit to stand trial.
Officials say this program should speed the process for restoring competency and lessen the cost significantly.
In a news release from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), this expansion “will allow defendants to move through the judicial process more quickly. NC RISE aims to strengthen and improve capacity in both the legal and behavioral health systems in North Carolina.”…