It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

A United Nations torture tsar has said British prisoners trapped on indefinite jail terms are probably “being detained ...

The Scott County Association for Leadership and Efficiency (SCALE) is asking local legislators to focus on issues ranging from transportation funding to expanding mental health infrastructure and ...

The brother of the late New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been sentenced to 18 months of prison time already ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and California Correctional Health Care Services, in partnership with the California Department of Human Resources, announce the State ...

In Minnesota, one man provides free mental health services to farmers in all corners of the state. But recent legislation will give him more support. It’s one of several new state laws that ...

Three prisoners found hanging in their cells in the space of three weeks died in an "overwhelmed" jail, a jury has found. Anthony Binfield, Rolandas Karbauskas and David Richards were inmates at HMP ...

Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was released from a Texas prison in 2019 at age 21. But he didn't have health insurance, ...

KY3 Digital Extra: Missourians waiting in jail for court-ordered mental health care reaches all-time high SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Missouri’s mental health crisis has been felt in the jail and prison ...

Rep. Justin Humphrey filed a bill to move mental health services to the corrections department, but he says it was to draw ...

Inside North Carolina prisons, 13 inmates killed themselves last year. Three more died in January. State officials say they ...