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PROBATION OFFICER PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDIANA

Commentary: Indiana’s competency restoration crisis demands a community-based answer

08/20/2026 11:57 AM | Anthony Williams (Administrator)

Recent reporting by WYFI highlighted the dramatic increases in individuals incompetent to stand trial for criminal offenses and their referral to the state hospital system for competency restoration. The result is a system under tremendous strain and one that is increasingly displacing people who need the highest level of psychiatric care for reasons unrelated to criminal activity. Read Source material by clicking here. 

The Probation Officers Professional Association of Indiana, Inc. was established in 1985 by a group of Chief Probation Officers from throughout Indiana who were concerned about soaring caseloads, low pay, and dangerously high probation officer turnover in the State of Indiana.

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