Moments after a state hospital employee knocked on the door and told him to put on a shirt, the 61-year-old stared wide-eyed at a small smartphone screen transmitting his image into courtroom 7D of ...

Too mentally ill for trial, she spent months in an Illinois jail as the state looked for a hospital bed. She died waiting. by ...

Fernando Clark spent the last 10 months of his life in an Alabama jail cell, waiting for court-ordered psychiatric treatment ...

Orange County DA Todd Spitzer said 12 mentally ill men facing criminal charges could be released if county staff cannot find ...

The family of a mentally ill man who killed his father while in a psychotic state has sued the hospital that discharged him days before. The lawsuit reveals new details about what happened at the ...

The study found the mentally ill are swept up by low-level criminal offenses and kept in state hospitals too long, confirming ...

Thousands of people arrested each year in Texas are dealing with mental health issues. Some conditions can be treated with ...

After a period of psychiatric hospital closures and investment in community support, Pennsylvania has shifted focus to the ...

Men never convicted of a crime denied reading, exercise or human contact. Peter Minich’s condition has deteriorated since spending 6,300 hours in solitary confinement, according to his mother, Joanne ...