Offenders considered to be persons not criminally responsible (hereafter Persons NCR) in Belgium, are subjected to a security measure. This is executed by means of a forensic care trajectory, often beginning in high-security prison units or forensic psychiatric facilities, and moving through medium and lower security psychiatric facilities, with the intention to ultimately integrate them back into society. Within this group there are 145 persons without residence rights. This article is attentive to how the forensic care trajectories for people without residence rights are currently navigated. Six qualitative interviews were conducted with key decision-makers in the forensic care trajectories of Persons NCR. Moreover, we analyse the legislative framework regarding the security measure and illustrate how features of ‘bordered penality’ are clearly present. Our results indicate that when working towards a return to the country of origin fails, Persons NCR without residence rights become neglected, either in high-security prison units or forensic facilities. We explore avenues to improve this precarious situation, and consider possibilities to guarantee mental healthcare according to a persons' security needs rather than their residence rights.

在比利时，被视为不负有刑事责任的人（以下简称“NCR”）的罪犯将受到安全措施的约束。这是通过法医护理轨迹来执行的，通常从高度安全的监狱单位或法医精神病设施开始，然后穿过中度和低度安全的精神病设施，目的是最终使他们重新融入社会。该群体中有 145 人没有居住权。本文关注目前如何引导没有居住权的人的法医护理轨迹。对 Persons NCR 法医护理轨迹的关键决策者进行了六次定性访谈。此外，我们还分析了有关安全措施的立法框架，并说明了“边界刑罚”的特征是如何清晰呈现的。我们的结果表明，当返回原籍国的努力失败时，没有居住权的 NCR 人就会被忽视，无论是在戒备森严的监狱单位还是法医设施中。我们探索改善这种不稳定状况的途径，并考虑根据个人的安全需求而不是居住权来保障精神保健的可能性。