There has been a steep rise in the share of people with severe mental illnesses being sent to state psychiatric hospitals on court orders after being accused of serious crimes. The shift has all but ...

Moments after a state hospital employee knocked on the door and told him to put on a shirt, the 61-year-old stared wide-eyed at a small smartphone screen transmitting his image into courtroom 7D of ...

The family of a mentally ill man who killed his father while in a psychotic state has sued the hospital that discharged him days before. The lawsuit reveals new details about what happened at the ...

A legal system that waits for bloodshed before acting is not humane.

Family photos and hospital records of Quincy Jackson III, gathered by his mother, Tyeesha Ferguson. The mental health system makes it "easier to criminalize somebody than to get them help," she says. ...

The share of people with severe mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals accused of serious crimes has risen steeply. The shift has all but... How systemic failures turn state mental hospitals ...