We explore the undeniable and devastating impact of incarceration on mental health through a young man’s self-described ...

Grant D. Hill, a Keota resident, nonprofit director and registered sex offender with a felony theft conviction, has announced his candidacy for Iowa House District 88 as a Republican. Hill, 28, says ...

Despite the opioid crisis’ deadly toll, U.S police treat drug use as a criminal issue. But in the Netherlands, a public ...

A staggering number of people in Wisconsin prisons have mental illnesses and committed non-violent crimes. A new bill could ...

RICHMOND, VA, UNITED STATES, July 3, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Belle Isle Books of Richmond, Virginia, is pleased to ...

Criminal records, especially including violent or sex offenses, were identified as a barrier for low-income housing, vouchers or market rentals. A lack of good credit, rental history and references is ...

Funds will go to treating Tarrant County residents too mentally ill to stand trial and will help reduce the Texas state ...

An examination of Sedgwick County’s bail system found practices that exacerbate inequality within the criminal justice system ...

But I’ve also seen how treatment courts can break it.

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Change is coming to the way people with mental illness are addressed within the criminal justice system.

One law improves access to care in rural and underserved schools. The other, known as the Tristin Murphy Act, will streamline ...

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