Mental Disorders and Detention – Mental Illness, he struggles to get out of jail

The future of Christian (expected name) will be played out in federal court. He was sentenced to twelve months of custodial imprisonment for minor bodily injuries and domestic invasion by the Lawson District Court, these thirty years in prison for nearly a year and a half. Why this restriction extension?

When the person responsible for the crime or abuse suffers from a serious mental disorder – schizophrenia in the Christian case – the judge may also order an institutional treatment measure, as found in Article 59 of Article 59. Minor internship “. In principle, it should not exceed five years and be conducted in a psychiatric institution or” in a closed institution for as long as there is reason to fear that the offender will flee or commit new crimes. “