Confinamiento y tratamiento de personas consideradas locas criminales

Explicación Simple

Esta ley dice que las personas que son consideradas locas criminales deben recibir tratamiento en instituciones. No pueden ser liberadas a menos que un juez lo ordene después de una audiencia.

Es como cuando un amigo tiene un problema serio y necesita ayuda profesional. Solo puede salir del tratamiento si un experto dice que está listo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan fue declarado loco criminal después de un incidente. La ley asegura que Juan reciba atención médica adecuada en un centro, y solo podrá salir si un juez escucha su caso y decide que está bien.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

RCW 10.77.120 - Confinement of committed person -- Custody -- Hearings -- Release The secretary shall forthwith provide adequate care and individualized treatment at one or several of the state institutions or facilities under his or her direction and control wherein persons committed as criminally insane may be confined. Such persons shall be under the custody and control of the secretary to the same extent as are other persons who are committed to the secretary's custody, but such provision shall be made for their control, care, and treatment as is proper in view of their condition. In order that the secretary may adequately determine the nature of the mental illness or developmental disability of the person committed to him or her as criminally insane, and in order for the secretary to place such individuals in a proper facility, all persons who are committed to the secretary as criminally insane shall be promptly examined by qualified personnel in such a manner as to provide a proper evaluation and diagnosis of such individual. The examinations of all developmentally disabled persons committed under this chapter shall be performed by developmental disabilities professionals. Any person so committed shall not be released from the control of the secretary save upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction made after a hearing and judgment of release.Whenever there is a hearing which the committed person is entitled to attend, the secretary shall send him or her in the custody of one or more department employees to the county where the hearing is to be held at the time the case is called for trial. During the time the person is absent from the facility, he or she shall be confined in a facility designated by and arranged for by the department, and shall at