Nearly 40 years ago, a federal appeals court ruled that Alabama officials could not jail people in mental health crisis who were sent to the state for help. Jailing people going through the state’s ...

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Pennsylvania has several laws on the books that deal with mental health including involuntary commitment, or Section 302. “This is an area of law that many attorneys don’t even understand,” said ...

A new report by Disability Rights North Carolina found that a legal tool used to hold patients against their will for psychiatric treatment is frequently misused — violating patients’ rights and ...

North Carolina lawmakers are now taking a closer look at how people with mental health issues can be involuntarily committed for treatment in the wake of a new law they passed — in September.

In early September, video of the light rail stabbing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska shocked the nation and led to many from all sides of the aisle to demand answers on how an unprovoked, horrific ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Charles Byers. Irvo Otieno. Their names have tragically become well-known in Central Virginia for how they died — in the custody of or by the hands of law enforcement. What also ...