Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hays County could be the 22nd Texas county to have a jail-based competency restoration program by the summer, according to Hays ...

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, District Court and mental health providers are launching a new local process for evaluating defendants’ mental competency and offering outpatient treatment for ...

Even after eight years of litigation, bills passed by the Colorado Legislature, and countless frustrated and grieving family members, hundreds of people with severe mental illnesses still sit in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon Health Authority report has revealed the state’s need to improve how it manages services for residents who have been charged with a crime, but deemed unfit to ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that more than 50% of Americans will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder in their lifetime. Now, imagine not being able ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A northeast Kansas county is launching a new effort to more quickly evaluate the mental competency of people charged with a crime. It’s believed the be the first such program of ...

HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Keeping vulnerable people from sitting in a cell is how Hays County leaders bill the Jail-Based Competency Restoration (JBCR) Program approved Tuesday by Hays County ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. & RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In partnership with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO), NaphCare, a leading correctional healthcare company, is proud to announce the launch of ...

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo speaks about the expansion of the county’s Jail-Based Competency Restoration program at the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD on Feb. 9, 2023. Harris County ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hays County could be the 22nd Texas county to have a jail-based competency restoration program by the summer, according to Hays County District Attorney Kelly Higgins. The program is ...