Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon Health Authority report has revealed the state's need to improve how it manages services for ...

A new pod in the Virginia Beach Correctional Center will be dedicated to inmates whom the court decides need mental health restoration services before they stand trial for their alleged crimes. State ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office is launching a new jail-based competency restoration program designed to reduce wait times for mental health evaluations and ease overcrowding ...

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, District Court and mental health providers are launching a new local process for evaluating defendants’ mental competency and offering outpatient treatment for ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that more than 50% of Americans will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder in their lifetime. Now, imagine not being able ...

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo speaks about the expansion of the county’s Jail-Based Competency Restoration program at the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD on Feb. 9, 2023. Harris County ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. & RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In partnership with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO), NaphCare, a leading correctional healthcare company, is proud to announce the launch of ...

The people imprisoned were supposed to receive rehabilitative mental health services that allow them to stand trial, but they have been found to languish in Missouri jails — often for months — without ...

HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Keeping vulnerable people from sitting in a cell is how Hays County leaders bill the Jail-Based Competency Restoration (JBCR) Program approved Tuesday by Hays County ...

Should individuals with persistent and serious mental illness, who commit minor crimes, be treated as criminals in our court system, or can we treat their mental illness in a more humane way and offer ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon Health Authority report has revealed the state’s need to improve how it manages services for residents who have been charged with a crime, but deemed unfit to ...