Cuyahoga County officials say no one incarcerated in the jail needed treatment for heat illness. People inside say it was ...

The Union Gospel Mission of Salem has added new security at the downtown men's shelter to ensure guest and staff safety after ...

In a first person essay, Derek Carter narrates his time volunteering as a peer counselor at his former South Carolina prison.

Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human ...

Even after 23 years of witnessing brutal fights behind prison walls, I remained ignorant to the gravity of the prison mental ...

A new Board of Correction report has backed up allegations detailed in October by the Daily News — that jail staff are ...

Community decries closure of UCSD senior psychiatric unit Caregivers, medical professionals and family members predict serious consequences for seniors suffering severe neurological illness if 14 ...

Dozens of adults with learning disabilities and autism in north central London are "locked up" in mental health hospitals, new figures show – as a charity urged the Government to end the "human rights ...

The trial of a former prison guard accused of killing a patient at the state’s Secure Psychiatric Unit began Tuesday, with the prosecution and defense telling competing stories about the death ...

Appeals court upholds firearms prohibition as part of involuntary mental health treatment A person does not have an unconditional right to bear arms when he is 'unable to meet his basic needs without ...

During a scuffle at the Secure Psychiatric Unit inside the New Hampshire State Prison for men, prosecutors say Jason Rothe was handcuffed and forcibly restrained, which led to his death.