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Commissioners discuss capital request for courtroom space as behavioral-health bed openings increase
Summary
County and court leaders are coordinating a capital request to address courtroom and calendar capacity needed to handle increased behavioral-health cases tied to new treatment beds. Staff will work with Superior Court and state legislators on a focused capital ask.
Thurston County commissioners on Jan. 21 discussed a request to seek state capital funding to expand courtroom space and other capital needs after state-funded behavioral-health facilities increase bed capacity.
County staff and Superior Court representatives described four operational pressures the county expects when additional behavioral-health treatment beds come online: insufficient judicial-calendar time, limited courtroom space, a surge in filings that burdens court and facility…
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