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  "path": "/2026/02/11/it-sure-looks-like-a-crisis-lawmakers-confront-mental-health-backlog-in-missouri-jails/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T11:55:05.000Z",
  "site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
  "tags": [
    "Criminal Justice",
    "Government + Politics",
    "Health Care",
    "Legislature",
    "Betsy Fogle",
    "competency restoration",
    "Darin Chappell",
    "Greg Sharpe",
    "John Black",
    "Mike Kehoe",
    "Mike Steinmeyer",
    "Missouri Department of Mental Health",
    "Valerie Huhn"
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  "textContent": "Missouri has just eight outpatient beds for people charged with crimes who have been ordered to undergo mental health treatment so their cases can move forward. Those beds are full. So are the state’s 440 psychiatric hospital beds that serve Missourians ruled incompetent to stand trial because of a mental illness or cognitive disability. There […]",
  "title": "‘It sure looks like a crisis’: Lawmakers confront mental health backlog in Missouri jails"
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