Via South Sound Business: “Gov. Jay Inslee and other state leaders broke ground Thursday on a new mental-health hospital to be built on the Western State Hospital campus in Lakewood, a project expected to be complete by 2029.
“The hospital will be a secure facility with 350 beds to serve forensic patients. Forensic patients are those accused of a crime and ordered by a court to receive treatment before trial, according to a governor’s office blog post.”
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