466 | The Lawsuit Challenging How Missouri Treats People with Mental Illness Being Held Pre-Trial w/Maureen Hanlon and Anita Tabb

Today, Hunter was joined by Maureen Hanlon and Anita Tabb, two people fighting to change how Missouri treats people with mental illness in the states jails and prisons. Under Missouri law, a person who is found incompetent to stand trial is to have a competency evaluation conducted within 60 days of the court ordering it. Yet, people are often waiting 6 months just to be evaluated, and on average, people are spending 14 months in custody before they get the mental healthcare they are owed. Today, we are talking about the lawsuit aiming to change this practice.     Guest: Maureen Hanlon, Attorney, Arch City Defenders Anita Tabb, Nurse and Mother of M, a Class Member in this class action law suit   Resources: Read More About the Suit Here https://www.macarthurjustice.org/advocates-sue-missouri-department-of-mental-health-for-failing-to-treat-pretrial-detainees-living-with-mental-illness-and-disabilities/ https://www.macarthurjustice.org/advocates-seek-preliminary-injunction-to-order-dmh-to-remedy-harms-caused-by-egregious-competency-waitlist/ https://missouriindependent.com/2026/02/05/more-than-500-missourians-await-court-ordered-mental-health-services-languishing-in-jails/ https://www.macarthurjustice.org/case/darrington-et-al-v-missouri-dmh/   Learn More About Arch City Defenders Here https://www.archcitydefenders.org/     Contact Hunter Parnell:                                 [email protected]  Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter                                                                 @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com  Subscribe to the Patreon www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast  Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home **** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER****