Washington's focus on reducing wait times for mentally ill defendants in jail created a crisis for those released pending psychiatric evaluation.

Individuals under court order for placement in state-run psychiatric facilities on average find themselves languishing nearly ...

A suit accuses New York State’s mental health system of delaying treatment to restore people to competency, leaving them to languish on Rikers Island.

The person who killed a Pennsylvania State Police Liquor Control Enforcement agent last year on the Montour Trail pleaded ...

Hundreds of mentally ill inmates languish in jail months beyond legal deadlines due to bed shortages at the treatment ...

Under the finalized agreement, the state must reduce wait times for treatment of mentally ill individuals facing criminal charges to allow their court cases to advance.

Target 8 reviewed court records that showed accused Walmart stabber Bradford Gille was a deemed a potential danger to himself ...

As shovels dug in for the first time Monday at the site of the new State Hospital in Jamestown, state health officials said ...

The three plaintiffs in a May 1 class action suit against Massachusetts officials allege that Bridgewater State Hospital systematically confines inmates for weeks and even months in solitary ...

Abderholden said bringing mentally ill people to jails and then psychiatric hospitals is not the solution. The state needs resources to keep people from entering the criminal justice system.