Forensic+Patients

=__Forensic Patients__=

Forensic patients refer to those individuals who may have 'prima facie' committed a crime, but are unable to plead at a trial due to their mental state, or else deemed to be not guilty of an offence due to their mental illness, which is, their status under the //Mental Health (Criminal Procedures) Act 1990 (NSW),// and may be detained under the same principles as involuntary patients are. Forensic patients are usually held in a psychiatric wing at Long Bay Gaol, which can be read further about at http://www.dcs.nsw.gov.au/offender_management/offender_management_in_custody/correctional_centres/longbay.asp. There has been a growing concern in Australia because, out of all the states and territories, NSW is the only one which does not have a specific and secure patient facility for forensic patients within an institution.