WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and co-author of the recently-passed Mental Health Reform Act, and U.S.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — When young criminal offenders wind up in the Whatcom County juvenile justice system, they might meet Chad Avery. Avery is a behavioral health specialist working with kids going ...

Kentucky’s next two-year state budget does not include $112 million needed to build a proposed 16-bed mental health treatment facility for the Department of Juvenile Justice and two 24-bed girls ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri’s top judge is asking the General Assembly for more mental health resources and security services for juvenile detention facilities. In the annual State of the Judiciary ...

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) has announced a partnership with a virtual therapy platform, Talkspace, to provide free mental health care for justice-impacted ...

CHANGES IT WOULD BRING. REPORTER STATE LAWMAKERS ALREADY APPROVED PAY RAISES TO HELP RECRUIT MORE JUVENILE JUSTICE WORKERS, AND GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR ADMINISTRATION MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT POLICY ...

The number of youthful offenders referred to New Mexico's juvenile justice system has declined over the last 20 years due to ...

A new report touts some progress with New Mexico's juvenile justice system with fewer felony charges. However, over half of ...

The panel tackled — and ultimately advanced — criminal justice bills related to veteran post-conviction relief and juvenile ...

In an effort to prevent possibly dangerous people with mental illness from buying guns, Tennessee in 2013 passed a law requiring court clerks to report involuntary mental health hospitalizations and ...