Public defender, DA, judge joined to help Matthew J. Schweichler, who is mentally disabled, mentally ill but also violent, ...

Inside North Carolina prisons, 13 inmates killed themselves last year. Three more died in January. State officials say they ...

On Monday, Laperriere, 24, was in Circuit Judge Timothy McCourt's courtroom for a change of plea hearing on charges of two ...

Rizzolino came from his Florida home and stabbed his father Aug. 27, 2022, at his father’s Mine Lane Road home in Palmer. The ...

Rep. Justin Humphrey filed a bill to move mental health services to the corrections department, but he says it was to draw ...

Three male Israeli hostages and 183 Palestinian prisoners were freed in the fifth round of exchanges between Israel and Hamas ...

RAVENNA − A Ravenna man reportedly suffering from mental health issues will spend more than a dozen years in prison for trying to kill a man in May 2024 at the Portage Area Regional Transit ...

Fort Worth and Lake Worth police release 911 audio and body-camera footage of fatal Jan. 30 encounter with armed man.

The Inmate Safety Agreement distributed at Red Onion State Prison offers fish fries and movies for prisoners who don’t harm ...

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

A continuing onslaught of bills from the Oklahoma Senate and House of Representatives includes abolishing the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, a required license to chase storms, and ...