Explore new solutions to mental health and criminal justice. An estimated 40% of people in jails and prisons have been diagnosed with a mental health disorder. Often these conditions go untreated, ...

Erik Ramsey is learning about that dilemma. He was arrested on April 1, 2019. Police say Ramsey covered his face with a black bandana, armed himself with a .22 caliber handgun and held up four ...

Missouri's mental health rehabilitation program has reached its breaking point, according to a lawsuit filed against the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH).

Jim DeFede joined CBS4 News in January 2006 and serves as an investigative reporter for the station, as well as host of its Sunday morning public affairs program "Facing South Florida." Nearly four ...

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As Terrance Kurhansky’s case made its way through Pennsylvania’s criminal justice system, it became clear to his attorney and the presiding judge that their options were limited, and none of them was ...

McLean County's three-year plan is the third of its kind, developed by an independent council of mental health stakeholders.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma wastes millions of dollars locking people up in jails and prisons while utterly failing to address mental health problems that cause them to have run-ins with the law, several ...

This individual was charged with dozens of felonies over the past three decades," Mayor Brandon Johnson told a City Hall ...

I have worked in the criminal justice system my entire career. As a federal prosecutor and now as Oklahoma County district attorney, I’ve seen firsthand how untreated mental illness fuels the ...

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

The vast majority of violent crimes aren’t committed by people living with mental illness. Studies show those with serious mental illness are many times more likely to be victims of crime than ...