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This legislation provides Oklahoma sheriffs with the authority to contract with private security firms to guard detainees or prisoners temporarily housed for treatment in medical facilities outside the confines of jail.
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One observer called it a "Kafkaesque purgatory" in which mentally ill patients spend more time behind bars waiting for competency restoration treatment than they would for the underlying crime alone.