Taylor says patients need to be in a mental health institution where they can get the help that they need versus in a county jail. “We will never be a mental health facility.

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A former mental patient who sexually assaulted another patient at a Waco mental health facility two years ago was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday. Richard Pietrzyk ...

A 31-year-old former mental patient with schizophrenia has been sentenced to 36 years in prison for stabbing an acquaintance to death almost two years ago.

America's mental health care system is facing cuts with the recent passage of the Trump Administration's spending bill. A new podcast from the Seattle Times and KUOW Public Radio explores the ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Mental health and substance abuse continue to be the “most significant concerns” at the Blair County Prison, said Tom Weber, president of the facility’s medical service ...

The department’s mental health branch administrator position also has been vacant since early this year. “There is a huge mental health crisis in corrections right now.

Burke said he was reluctant to criticize the judge's recommendation that Yoder be moved to a minimum-security prison, but he didn't think it was a good move. "He's refusing treatment and has shown ...