The Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center in La Grange is the only hospital in the state that handles competency evaluations for those accused of crimes. In recent years, the hospital struggled ...

Upon identifying an individual with a documented history of mental illness, the assigned state prosecutor and defense counsel ...

Ryan Vietmeier, indicted for fatally shooting his father, Dennis, on July 6, was found not guilty by reason of insanity by a ...

Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido said the center’s determination is required by law before the case may proceed.

With a federal lawsuit alleging Missouri is illegally denying services to incarcerated Missourians, lawmakers want solutions ...

Mullen called the case “complicated” at the close of the hearing and said he wouldtake it under advisement. There is no set ...

Hundreds of Missourians are stuck in jail because they have been charged but not convicted of crimes, and were found ...

Val Van Brocklin writes regularly about the interaction of Alaska’s mental health and justice systems and the impact on ...

A Circuit Court judge will determine whether the Clarksburg mother accused of murdering two missing children is competent to stand trial.

A Marinette County judge says a man accused of killing a 13-year-old boy is not competent to stand trial — for now. Why the ...

The state’s Department of Mental Health has long acknowledged the problem. With a federal lawsuit alleging the department is illegally denying services to incarcerated Missourians, lawmakers want ...

Ontario has the chance to move away from the barrister and solicitor exams and adopt a practical, human rights approach that better prepares lawyers for the profession. It should take it.