Reform implication · 3 cases
Behavioral health capacity
Trueblood contempt and other DSHS cases stem in part from inadequate behavioral-health capacity to meet statutory timelines for court-ordered evaluations and treatment. Reform here is operational rather than legal: actual capacity, not promised capacity.
- The Office of Developmental Disabilities Ombuds (DD Ombuds) publishes annual reports to the Legislature documenting systemic findings and complaint patterns across DSHS Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) programs. The SFY2024…Civil rights harmStructural failure
- The Washington Legislature directed the Office of the Corrections Ombuds to conduct a comprehensive investigation of solitary confinement in state prisons following the 2021 passage of HB 1090, which established a statutory requirement for…Civil rights harmStructural failure
- A.B. by and through Trueblood et al. v. Washington State DSHS is a federal class action filed in 2014 on behalf of people with mental illness or intellectual disabilities who were held in Washington jails awaiting court-ordered competency…Civil rights harm