Knowing Your Rights in a Forensic Facility

Lecture Notes

PS: The court put me here, how can I go back before the court? A: The criminal court holds regularly scheduled hearings and the facility sends a clinical summary to the court for this hearing. You have a right to attend the hearing and should notify your attorney of your request. In other instances, if you have a reason to question your placement in this facility, question a denial of a right or a privilege or question a procedure not being followed, you have the right to file a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus or a Petition for Redress of Grievance. These forms are available to you by asking staff on your living unit, asking the Resident Advocate, asking a member of your Treatment / Recovery Team or from the facility attorney.