The Hays County Commissioners’ Court passed the final step for the Jail-Based Competency Restoration Program (JBCR), designed ...

Jun. 30—Every year, hundreds of people across New York who have been accused of crimes are sent to state-run mental hospitals to be treated for severe disabilities or mental illnesses that prevent ...

TOPEKA, Kan., Sept. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Shawnee County Department of Corrections and their correctional healthcare partner, Armor Health (ArmorHealthcare.com), are proud to announce the ...

Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/science/missing-birds-central-texas-skies-appear-quiet-despite-fall-migration/ Have the skies over Central Texas seemed a little ...

Minnehaha County's pilot program treating some mentally ill inmates at the jail, rather than suffering long wait times to transfer to the Human Services Center in Yankton, has been running since ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s a situation Pamela Hawkins said she hopes other parents of a child with mental health issues won’t have to endure. Last week, the Hays County Commissioners Court approved a new ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — People charged with crimes who have been deemed mentally incompetent sometimes wait months in jail for restoration services at the state hospital. The 1st Judicial District, ...

NORTH CHARLESTON — Vanilla yellow and sky blue walls line the third floor of the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center's Alpha tower. A common area featuring smoothly curved, royal blue chairs and ...

Efforts are ongoing to restore the competency of a Mendocino County man charged with starting a fire that destroyed at least 30 homes in Calpella in September 2021. During a brief hearing in Mendocino ...

Should individuals with persistent and serious mental illness, who commit minor crimes, be treated as criminals in our court system, or can we treat their mental illness in a more humane way and offer ...