A bill that would allow the state to keep people in psychiatric facilities against their will for up to two years passed the Senate on Monday.
gives prosecutors the ability to request a two-year commitment to keep the public safe if the defendant has a history of violence and is a danger to themselves or others.
“Two months earlier he had attacked two other women and then was released into the community after they dismissed his case because he was not competent to stand trial,” said Claman on the Senate floor. “The man who stabbed Angela should not have been released when they dismissed his criminal case.” Some civil rights groups, including the ACLU of Alaska, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights and the Disability Law Center of Alaska, opposed the bill even after the maximum length of involuntary commitment was dropped from five years to two.
The bill allows people who are involuntarily committed for two years to petition for early release if they can give “clear and convincing” evidence to a judge that they no longer risk harming themselves or others.
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