The Oregon Health Authority oversees the Oregon State Hospital in Salem. (Oregon Health Authority)
Disability Rights Oregon wants a federal judge to hold the state in contempt of court for failing to move people from jails into Oregon State Hospital for mental health care within a court-ordered deadline of seven days.
Instead, they wait weeks to enter the Salem-based psychiatric hospital as their health deteriorates. In the past three years, at least two people died after extended waits in jail to enter the hospital and start mental health treatment…