NGRI Basics
NGRI stands for these words
Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity
After an NGRI verdict, the court orders an evaluation to help decide release or ________
Hospitalization or Commitment
After the temporary custody period is over, who makes the final decision of what happens to the acquittee? Is it the forensic psychiatrist, the treatment team, or the judge?
The Judge
This person (not the hospital) makes the final legal decision about commitment, conditional release, or unconditional release.
The Judge
The first major step after maximum security is usually earning ______ privileges (on hospital property).
Grounds
True or False:
Being found NGRI means " the charges disappear and nothing happens after court"
FALSE
The evaluation looks at whether you currently have a mental illness or intellectual disability and whether you may be safely _______
Released into the community
After the temporary custody evaluation, the judge has 3 possible decisions for the acquittee. What are they?
Unconditional release, conditional release, or commitment
This hospital-level committee decides whether you can move up in grounds privileges and other internal privilege levels.
IFPC (Internal Forensic Privileging Committee)
True or False: Escorted privileges mean you are with hospital staff the entire time.
True
NGRI focuses on a person's mental state at___
The Time of the Crime
TRUE OR FALSE:
The court can allow the evaluation to be done outpatient in some cases
TRUE
True or False: Unconditional release means you are released into the community with certain conditions you have to follow, similar to parole.
FALSE
This state-level committee reviews risk/readiness and weighs in on privilege progression and release planning across cases statewide
FRP
The next step after Escorted Grounds is usually ______ Grounds privileges.
Unescorted
Name one-way pleading NGRI is different from pleading "Not Guilty"?
NOT GUILTY= The state didn't prove its case
NGRI= acquittal because the defendant proved mental illness played a part in the crime
x
How long is the Temporary Custody period?
45 days
TRUE OR FALSE: The courts main focus is punishment.
FALSE:
Focus is treatment and public safety/risk
This state agency (through its Commissioner) takes temporary custody after an NGRI verdict and appoints the evaluators.
DBHDS / Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
Community privileges often start with ______ Community Visits (staff present the whole time).
Escorted
When someone is found NGRI, the court's next step is usually to put the acquittee in _________Custody
TEMPORARY
The evaluation is completed by 2 types of professionals: a ________ and a ________
A psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist
The judge's decision is strongly influenced by the aquittee's risk of _____
Violence / re-offense / danger to the community
This local community agency partners on conditional release planning and provides/coordinates services once someone is in the community.
CSB (Community Services Board)
x
The highest community privilege level before release is typically Unescorted ________
Community ( 48hrs, more than 48's_