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Torrance is one of two state psychiatric hospitals that provides treatment to criminal defendants with mental illness, and it has a history of staffing issues.

State-run psychiatric hospital can’t recruit enough workers as Pa. risks violating federal requirements

by Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA

Staff is “running out of gas” at Torrance State Hospital, where federal inspectors said short-staffing created safety risks in 2018 and 2019.

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