Lorain County Sheriff Jack Hall commended his team that provides mental health services at the county jail as Mental Health ...

York County Prison's budget has grown due to inflation and the costs of handling mental health and opioid crises. Local jails face rising costs as they must accept all individuals, including those in ...

Every year, Illinois prisons incarcerate about 30,000 people at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion. Nearly half of those people have a history of mental illness.

State leaders are expanding reentry programs aimed at closing gaps in behavioral health care and lowering recidivism for people released from prison.

The department has seen up to 51% of its population facing serious mental health challenges.

Chaylvin Oliveira-Kalama called his family almost every day from Halawa prison, and before he died he told his mother the voices he heard in his head were getting worse. The 30-year-old inmate had ...

“We are taking a different approach – one that is rooted in compassion, collaboration and evidence-based care.” ...

The case of Sthembiso Mdlalose, accused of starting a fire which killed 76 people in a Johannesburg building, has shed a ...

Spain has one of the highest incarceration rates in Europe, with 160 individuals imprisoned per 100,000 residents. In 2020, 43,494 people were incarcerated in facilities not managed by regional health ...