California's mental health diversion law has gone beyond the gates of its original intent, allowing violent criminals to ...

The Department of Correction told GBH News it is hiring an independent expert to review the six suspected and confirmed ...

The federal prison ombudsman says weak policies, insufficient training and a lack of specialized treatment are hindering the ...

An officer opens a dorm room for a prisoner at the Central California Women's Facility. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Following through on intentions broadcast a year ago, a federal judge is ...

State Correctional Institution-Benner Township, a Bellefonte, Pa.-based medium-security men’s prison, seeks to help patients with mental health issues by training prison staff and other inmates to ...

Out of the 498 individual patients in custody at all RTCs, 86 per cent had at least one mental health diagnosis, with the most common one being schizophrenia (46 per cent), followed by depression (15 ...

A man who held a Fort Collins family hostage at gunpoint in their home for two hours in 2022 has been sentenced to more than ...

Months after a court ordered a female inmate be transferred to a hospital, she was still locked up — a delay Europe’s top human rights court says crossed the line.