r/tuscaloosa • u/stankmanly • 2d ago
Nurse's Killer Has Serious Mental Illness, Doctor Says After Suspect Eats Feces in Jail
https://tuscaloosathread.com/nurses-killer-eats-feces-in-jail/8
u/BraidedButtHairs69 2d ago
Which means they’re gonna throw this monster in a mental health facility for a few years then release him right back on the streets
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u/synovus_rb 2d ago
Unlikely. There’s too many factors at play to make a broad generalized assumption, but considering his reported current state of psychiatric well-being, it’s unlikely currently competent to stand trial. As such, he will remain detained until such a time as he becomes competent — which could be a very very long time. Should he be found NGRI, he would potentially be confined as long or longer than if he’d been found guilty. If he’s genuinely mentally ill and is restored to psychiatric competency, he would still face criminal charges, and would again not likely be released “in a few years.”
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u/Kornstalx 2d ago
He'll end up in Bryce. That's what it's for; people too crazy to stand trial, but also criminals. It's literally a jail.
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u/synovus_rb 2d ago
Bryce is literally not a jail. It’s a mental health hospital. And this man’s more likely destination is Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility, which is the state’s forensic psychiatric facility.
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u/Kornstalx 2d ago
It's a long term jail. There aren't bars and shackles, but you're in jail. The only difference between the two now is one is maximum security (TH), the other is not. Back in the day it was different (eg, Partlow vs campus Bryce) but now things are different.
He will go to TH for eval, they will keep him there until they figure out what to do with the trial, and then a judge will commit him. Then they will send him to Bryce because TH is full. There's never any beds. It's supposed to be both long-term and short-term, but the past decade Bryce has taken over most of the new commitals. He'll probably stay in Bryce forever.
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u/PapayaResponsible247 2d ago
If TH doesn’t have beds he sits in jail until they have an available bed, which will likely take about 2 years.
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u/synovus_rb 2d ago
Bryce is not a jail. It’s a psychiatric hospital. Your insistence on referring to it as such highlights exactly why mental health care in Alabama is so inept, misunderstood, and inadequate.
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u/Kornstalx 2d ago
You're talking to someone with intimate knowledge of the machinations of TH/Bryce. Bookmarking this so when "he'll end up in Bryce," which is literally what I said, you can eat crow later.
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u/synovus_rb 1d ago
I never said he won’t end up in Bryce. I said Bryce is not a jail, which it literally is not. Your misuse of “machinations” and “literal,” as well as your statement “back in the day it was different… but now things are different,” tells me all I need to know.
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u/Difficult_Aside8807 2d ago
It feels unreasonable to call someone who (a) is clearly suffering from a mental health episode and (b) has not been found guilty by a court of law a “monster.” I’ll echo what u/synovus_rb said about this being unlikely and it’s much more likely that he will be sent for competency evaluation. Additionally, it’s a baseless assumption that people who are put in secure mental health facilities are simply released out. In fact, many of them will remain there indefinitely or wait there for an evaluation for an excessive amount of time due to a lack of funding and resources from the state. If you don’t want people experiencing mental health episodes to be “on the street” then I encourage you to vote for and advocate for politicians and policies that promise increased mental health resources.
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u/Oolongteabagger2233 13h ago
This is why you shouldn't go into Healthcare, kids. Not only do you risk being murdered, you are treated like trash by the general public on a nearly daily basis.
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u/Cerebrohasnopower 2d ago
The Family members who just dropped him off should be charged.