People v. Long

Respondent, Jacquelyn Long, appeals from the order of the circuit court which found her to be a person subject to involuntary commitment and which committed her to the Department of Mental Health (Department). On appeal, respondent challenges the order on the bases that the trial court erred in finding that respondent was unable to provide for her basic physical needs, and the trial court failed to order the least restrictive treatment alternative.

Respondent previously was committed involuntarily to the Department. (See In re Long (1990), 203 Ill. App. 3d 357.) Evidently, respondent had been…