When do receiving and treatment facilities have to discharge someone?

Receiving and treatment facilities must discharge a person at any time the person no longer meets the criteria for involuntary placement, unless the person has transferred, by express and informed consent, to voluntary status. This discharge does not require consent of the court.

How long do people stay in detention centers?

With limited exceptions stays at residential centers are generally limited to 20 days. Families are medically screened upon arrival by a licensed nursing staff that is on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The facilities provide ongoing medical, dental and mental health care as needed.

How long can a child stay at a staging center?

To be eligible to stay at a staging center, the family cannot have a criminal history and must include a non-U.S. citizen child or children under the age of eighteen accompanied by his/her/their non-U.S. citizen parent (s) or legal guardian (s). With limited exceptions stays at residential centers are generally limited to 20 days.

When to contact a community mental health officer?

EMERGENCY EVALUATION ALA. CODE § 22-52-91(a) When a law enforcement officer is confronted by circumstances and has reasonable cause for believing that a person within the county [meets the criteria for emergency evaluation], the law enforcement officer shall contact a community mental health officer.

When do you get out of County Jail?

Obviously the severity of the crime and the lenght of sentence is also… There is no set time that one waits in County Jail, but typically inmates are moved out quickly to open up bed space. It generally happens within one week of sentencing.

Who is in charge of a mental health facility?

(c) The professional person in charge of a facility designated by the county for evaluation and treatment, member of the attending staff, or professional person designated by the county shall assess the person to determine whether he or she can be properly served without being detained.

When to place a prisoner in home confinement?

Such conditions may include a community correctional facility. (2) Home confinement authority.— The authority under this subsection may be used to place a prisoner in home confinement for the shorter of 10 percent of the term of imprisonment of that prisoner or 6 months.

When does a prisoner get credit for time served?

Subject to paragraph (2), a prisoner who is serving a term of imprisonment of more than 1 year [1] other than a term of imprisonment for the duration of the prisoner’s life, may receive credit toward the service of the prisoner’s sentence, beyond the time served, of up to 54 days at the end of each year of the prisoner’s term of imprisonment,