Gov. Jay Inslee and DSHS Secretary Jilma Meneses were among the state officials who officially opened the Civil Center for Behavioral Health at Maple Lane on Friday with a ribbon cutting ceremony in Centralia. This is the state’s first treatment center located in a community setting to treat people who’ve been charged with a crime but had the charges dropped after being found incompetent to stand trial. Instead of getting released, this population has been ordered by a judge to undergo what’s called civil commitment until they’re deemed safe to go back into the community. Prior to this facility, civilly committed patients were ordered to stay at a state-run psychiatric hospital, such as the immense Western State Hospital in Steilacoom. Inslee said the center at Maple Lane aligns with the state’s goal set in 2018 of de-centralizing these services from huge hospital settings and instead treating people in their communities. Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/investigations/washington-first-residential-treatment-facility-mentally-ill-defendants/281-be460f3d-581e-40fd-85c5-7ea29b860a21