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

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

Culture shapes how families show love and support for queer youth.

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

Exclusive: Removing courts’ power would help vulnerable adults and children and ‘free up jail spaces’, experts say, in wake ...

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

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 ...

Clinton County youth experiencing a behavioral health crisis can now receive immediate, in-person help at no cost through a newly expanded state program, according to a news release.

The Troy City Court has launched a new, specialized part dedicated to assisting individuals with mental health needs.

A new law requires continued treatment for death row prisoners too mentally ill to execute, even those who have been ...

After three decades presiding over a Miami-Dade County courtroom, a meteoric rise as a criminal justice advocate and international recognition from the late Pope Francis, Judge Steven Leifman has ...

Initiative in Atlanta is diverting individuals in crisis away from incarceration and towards community support systems, with ...