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Court Orders
The Creation Of A Specialized Hospital For
the Criminally Insane
The sala Constitucional (Constitutional
Court) has ordered Costa Rica's social
security to build a specialized psychiatric
hospital for those found to be criminally
insane or are awaiting a criminal trial.
Currently, those found mentally incapable of
standing trial or being held in detention
waiting trial are grouped with the rest of
the patients in the Hospital Nacional
Psiquiátrico (HNP)- mental hospital - run by
the Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social (CCSS).
The court decision followed a filing by the
mother of one of the patients at the HNP
fearing her son' security from dangerous
criminals being housed with the other mental
patients at the hospital.
The court order if for Eduardo Doryan, the
head of the CCSS to construct and develop a
plan for a specialized institution to house
the criminally dangerous. The CCSS is also
being ordered to co-ordinate with the
Ministerio de Seguridad Pública for the
custody of mental patients waiting trial.
The ministra de Justicia, Viviana Martín,
welcomed the news of the court order, saying
that her ministry has been working to that
end for some time.
The court order also places the burden on
Justicia to create a specialized prison
police unit to manage the criminally insane
and the custody of those patients who have
court ordered security measures placed on
them. Justicia will have one year to develop
the specialized police unit.
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