Orange County’s top prosecutor is raising the alarm that 12 people, who have been in custody after being charged with serious crimes, will be released back into the community because of the lack of hospital beds as early as Friday.

As all 12 criminal defendants, including a man who’s accused of murdering a stranger, suffer from mental health issues, at least some of them appear to have been treated at state mental health hospitals. Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said the defendants must be in a locked-down, state licensed facility because of their mental and criminal history while their criminal proceedings continue.

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But because the county government cannot find treatment beds in proper facilities, the

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