Public defender, DA, judge joined to help Matthew J. Schweichler, who is mentally disabled, mentally ill but also violent, ...

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

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 ...

Three male Israeli hostages and 183 Palestinian prisoners were freed in the fifth round of exchanges between Israel and Hamas ...

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 ...

The judge ordered three years of supervised release where he must stay away from all UConn properties, including Rentschler ...

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 ...