A joint investigation into Illinois mental health courts reveals a system of "mixed results," where life-changing success stories meet high barriers to entry and unequal access.
A recent study finds that the judgment calls made when triaging young people with mental health emergencies in the ER are often inaccurate, and Black and Hispanic children are more likely to have their conditions minimized.
The courts can offer treatment and a path away from incarceration. But only half of participants graduate, and many who might benefit never get a chance.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is advocating for state laws to divert people with mental illness from jail and into treatment, highlighting Florida's Tristin Murphy Act as a national model.
Changes to federal law allows Medicaid to provide health and other services to people exiting prisons. California and some other states are making use of the program, but expansion efforts will depend on the Trump administration.
A decade after a historic hunger strike, a visual essay explores the lasting psychological impact of solitary confinement on survivors who spent decades in isolation.
What started as a fundraiser for a sick cat that had been adopted and cared for by women at a Texas prison led to social media fame, $11,000 in donations, and a retaliatory stint in solitary confinement.
The Clean Slate program in San Diego provides gang tattoo removal benefits to formerly incarcerated individuals, helping them reduce stigma.
A MindSite News interview looks a a columnist's seven-part series on the insanity defense in criminal cases.
A California mother has worked for decades to get the right care for her mentally ill son. It hasn't worked. The podcast Brain Stories tells theirs.
MindSite News spoke to a civil rights attorney about the harsh conditions for immigrants held at a New York jail.
An investigation has documented dozens of cases where people with severe mental illness, many of whom were jailed during a crisis, have starved or died from neglect in U.S. county jails.
Thousands in crisis are being involuntarily hospitalized despite little evidence of effectiveness.
In a first person essay, Derek Carter narrates his time volunteering as a peer counselor at his former South Carolina prison.
Medicaid cuts being advanced by the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans could gut addiction services.
New Orleans is aiming to become a model in helping children who have lost parents to gun violence by building an "ecosystem" of mental health support.
A new evaluation of Chicago’s alternative crisis response team (CARE) finds a low threat of violence and offers insights other cities may find useful.
We interview the new film's director and one of its participants. We also have a reported essay on what it’s like for people with Attention Deficit Disorder in real prisons.
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline will deploy technology that routes calls based on their proximity to cell phone towers, preventing confusion and delays, the Biden administration announced.
One year after Abnerd Joseph's killing, his family wants to know: Why has the man who shot him not been charged?
The number of mentally ill people held in jails for weeks or months awaiting competency hearings is rising. Experts call it a crisis.
One year after being shot in his own building during a mental health crisis, the family of Abnerd Joseph still waits for answers: Why has the man who shot him not been charged?
A Chicago assistant principal has a mental health crisis in his apartment building and ends up dead. And what's going on with Riverside County Jail in California?
Something was going on with Abnerd Joseph, a young, Black assistant principal in Chicago. He was pacing the hallways of his downtown apartment building in his bathrobe and acting strange. Some of his neighbors called 911. Another took matters into his own hands.
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