Senate Bill 111 would provide mental health care for youths held by state juvenile justice, health and family services.

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

National, state and local data show that our crime and child safety problems are driven largely by addiction and mental ...

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

Mental illness & the criminal justice system; sex offender management policy; juvenile justice policy & practice. Mental illness & the criminal justice system; sex offender management policy; juvenile ...

Justice Irene Mulyagonja, Chairperson of the Uganda Law Council, emphasized the importance of prioritizing mental health within the justice system.

Washington's Senate Bill 5296 is igniting intense debate over the future of the state’s juvenile justice system and ...

Despite a long waitlist, the number of children served in the YES Waiver program has declined because of provider shortages.

But officials who work with the county's juvenile justice system say they made marked ... "We have mandatory trauma-informed training and mental health first aid," said Suzanne Montoya, director ...