Almost a year after a Durham woman is accused of fatally shooting her ex-boyfriend, court documents show both prosecutors and her defense attorneys are claiming domestic violence occurred in the ...

Madison County Jail Administrator Jerry Endicott said staff typically only use restraints if people have self-harmed, and he ...

Questions remain as ICE continues its immigration raids per President Donald Trump's order. Here's what you need to know.

North Carolina is launching a $20 million pilot program to take law enforcement personnel out of the process of transporting ...

For years, states strictly limited the amount of time people could be institutionalized. With homelessness rising, some policymakers want to do more.

The expanded services and fees are specifically for defendants facing mental health and substance use challenges, or for those with development disabilities.

Rep. Darya Farivar wants to cap the number of people counties can send to state hospitals for competency restoration services ...

United Healthcare Insurance Co. wrongly refused to pay more than $100,000 toward a child’s months-long stay at a residential facility for self-harming behavior and other mental health issues, a ...

Police and outreach workers involuntarily transported people more than 7,700 times for a psychiatric evaluation last year ...

WOODLAND, CA — Judge Catherine Hohenwarter thwarted an attempt by the prosecution here in Yolo County Superior Court Friday ...

The challenges and systemic issues of mental health treatment in Missouri. Delve into the urgent need for reform in the state's jails.

State psych wards for seriously mentally ill people are so full that growing numbers are held in city jails instead.