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

A new Disney+ documentary on Caroline Flack questions whether police and prosecutors treated the late TV presenter more ...

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

In Miami-Dade County, untreated mental illnesses and substance use disorders aggravate our criminal justice system, exhibiting a substantial inadequacy in community mental health services. Such ...

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Dame Rachel de Souza has called for a new youth justice system "based primarily upon a rehabilitative model of care” ...

Native children are also more likely to be returned to custody if they slip up, rather than being given an opportunity to ...

When Jeffery Swan took office as a Yakima County Superior Court judge in 2021, he set his sights on establishing a veterans ...

Researchers, advocates and those who've struggled with addiction are renewing appeals for a complete overhaul of the ...

A package of bills to help improve certain conditions for people housed within prisons and jails statewide was introduced in ...

The crisis over San Francisco's overwhelmed public defense system has intensified as the court held its seventh hearing ...

Nebraska was set to lead the way July 1 with a new statewide criminal justice diversion program for eligible veterans through ...