From recent mental-health evaluations of John Hinckley Jr., included in court documents submitted in April in support of a request by his attorneys to increase the amount of time Hinckley is allowed to spend on leave from St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C. Hinckley, who shot President Ronald Reagan and three other men in 1981, in what he said was an attempt to impress the actress Jodie Foster, was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

While outside on grounds privileges, he usually can be found sitting alone or with his female friend on a bench or off in the…