§ 4027 Mentally Ill Offender Rights

• •Hospitals can make rules about the rights of people who are getting mental health treatment because they broke the law.
• •These rules apply to people in jail or special hospital units who need mental health help.
• •The rules cover things like how these patients should be treated while they are in the hospital.

A person who committed a crime is sent to a hospital for mental health treatment instead of jail.

The hospital can make rules about what rights this person has, like how they are treated and what they can do while they are there.