State tightens rules for mental-hospital outings after $37,000 search

By Christine Clarridge Seattle Times staff reporter The escape of a mentally ill patient during a field trip to a county fair in September has prompted the state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to adopt stringent new rules on which patients can go on outings from the state’s mental hospitals. Forensic patients — [...]

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State considering criminally insane patients move

State considering criminally insane patients move The state is considering moving all criminally insane mental patients to Western State Hospital in the wake of an escape from Eastern State earlier this year, a report released Thursday said. By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press Writer SPOKANE, Wash. — The state is considering moving all criminally insane [...]

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