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Norristown State Hospital missing deadline under ACLU settlement

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services has been squeezed between an ACLU class-action settlement requiring the state to reduce wait times for criminal defendants needing psychiatric treatment at Norristown State Hospital and community desire to commercially develop the 200-plus-acre site. The state has a new Jan. 5 deadline to open 50 forensic beds in Norristown.

Norristown State Hospital will miss a Dec. 15 deadline to add 50 beds for the treatment of mentally ill criminal defendants under a class-action settlement. The new deadline is Jan. 5.
Norristown State Hospital will miss a Dec. 15 deadline to add 50 beds for the treatment of mentally ill criminal defendants under a class-action settlement. The new deadline is Jan. 5.Read moreMICHAEL S. WIRTZ / File Photograph