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Expert Recommends State Ease Oregon State Hospital Bottlenecks

The neutral evaluator’s recommendations are part of an interim settlement the state hospital reached with Disability Rights Oregon.
June 6, 2022
 
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

A new report calls on the state of Oregon to reduce the time it takes to admit people to the Oregon State Hospital who’ve been languishing in jail,