6/29/2023 0 Comments Staff of instanity![]() Forensic Risk Assessment (FRA)Ī Forensic Risk Assessment (FRA) is an assessment for NGRI patients which looks at “static variables” as indicators of future behavior. Under Washington State law, this panel advises DSHS and the courts on: 1) changes in an NGRI patient’s release status, 2) grounds privileges, and 3) allowing the patient to have temporary leave from the hospital with or without hospital staff accompanying them. The Public Safety Review Panel (PSRP) is a governor-appointed board made up of psychiatrists, psychologists, Department of Corrections staff, prosecutors, law enforcement, public defenders, and consumers or family advocates. Patients must go in front of the RRB for all privilege requests related to escorted and unescorted grounds privileges, community outings, conditional release, and final discharge. ![]() The Risk Review Board (RRB) is a board of professional staff at WSH and ESH who are supposed to provide independent clinical judgment of NGRI patients and their readiness to progress in treatment and privileges. It generally follows a period of conditional release and means that an NGRI patient is released from DSHS custody and no longer must follow a court’s conditions and supervision. Final Discharge (Unconditional Release)įinal Discharge (FD), or Unconditional Release (UCR), involves a change in legal status for an NGRI patient requiring court approval. Eventually, conditional release involves the right to live in the community under certain restrictions put in place by the court. Generally, the first stage of conditional release is getting unescorted hospital grounds privileges, followed by escorted community outings, unescorted outings with time and place restrictions, unescorted community day trips, and then unescorted overnights. Conditional ReleaseĬonditional release (CR) involves specific patient privileges and is a change in an NGRI patient’s legal status requiring court approval. The following terms are used throughout this guide and are of particular importance for NGRI patients. Section V: What to Do if You Disagree with Your Treatment Section IV: Achieving Conditional Release and Final Discharge Strip Searches and Body Cavity Searches. ![]() Community Outpatient Treatment Readiness. ![]() Final Discharge (Unconditional Release).For information about more general patient rights, see DRW’s publication titled “ Patient Rights at Western State Hospital and Eastern State Hospital.” It also does not discuss more general rights that affect all patients in WSH and ESH. This guide does not discuss the rights of individuals who are civilly committed under RCW 71.05 or those who are in the competency evaluation or restoration treatment process under RCW 10.77. NGRI patients cannot be committed to WSH or ESH for a longer time period than the possible maximum sentence for any criminal offense charged for which the patient was acquitted not guilty by reason of insanity. Because an NGRI patient has been deemed “not guilty” of committing the underlying criminal charge, they can only be hospitalized if they are deemed a “substantial danger to others” or if they present “a substantial likelihood of committing criminal acts jeopardizing public safety or security.” See RCW 10.77.110. These individuals have been charged with a crime, but due to their mental illness are acquitted of their charges. This guide provides information about the rights of patients who are at the adult psychiatric hospitals (Western State Hospital (WSH) and Eastern State Hospital (ESH)) run by the State of Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) following a finding of “not guilty by reason of insanity” (NGRI). Printer-friendly version Click here for Spanish.
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