Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 30—Every year, hundreds of people across New York who have been accused of crimes are sent to state-run mental hospitals to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Keeping vulnerable people from sitting in a cell is how Hays County leaders bill the Jail-Based ...

NaphCare’s THRIVE program is a keystone solution to the growing demand for court-ordered competency evaluations and restoration in the correctional environment, a demand driven by the increasing ...

The Allegheny County Jail, where people deemed incompetent to stand trial wait for a spot in a state hospital. Every year, hundreds of Pennsylvanians languish in jail because they're considered ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS — As a young girl growing up in Missouri, Megan Jolly loved to read, dance and dress up. For her 20th birthday, she and her mother wore formal gowns to dinner on a cruise ship to Cozumel, ...

A judge has sided with court consultants who said ODMHSAS has not made significant improvements to its competency restoration program. A judge has ruled in favor of court consultants who said the ...

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 ...

HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Keeping vulnerable people from sitting in a cell is how Hays County leaders bill the Jail-Based Competency Restoration (JBCR) Program approved Tuesday by Hays County ...

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