Jackson v. Indiana

And although Jones allows for the indefinite, indefinite commitment of individuals in psychiatric facilities by the state after an NGRI verdict, there are cases that point to this being a violation of our equal production laws, essentially.

Those are Backstrom v. Harold and Jackson v. Indiana.

In Backstrom v. Harold, Backstrom was sentenced to prison for assault and then, while serving his penal sentence, was transferred without a hearing to a psychiatric facility.

The state then sought to keep Backstrom at that facility as a civil committee after his sentence was complete, following only a bench hearing.