https://theappeal.org/ohio-governor-wants-to-detain-fewer-mentally-ill-people-before-trial/

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Many of these defendants are homeless or housing unstable and have been convicted of crimes of convenience, like theft and public urination, that are often later dismissed in court, Russell said, sometimes because the restoration process itself is considered “time served.”

“What we’re doing is using these very expensive—a thousand dollars a day—state hospitals for people to go and be restored, which does not allow or require treatment”

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"According to the state’s Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, almost a quarter of those people were facing nonviolent, misdemeanor charges."

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"People ordered to competency restoration in a psychiatric hospital for misdemeanor charges in Ohio can spend up to 60 days in the institution, during which time they are supposed to learn how the court process works and get a basic level of treatment to allow them to return to court. But mental health experts told The Appeal that these individuals are often getting little to no effective treatment."