Ryan Camacho, who was charged with stealing pillows, last year had a hearing in early December about whether he should be ...

The maniac who bludgeoned his elderly mom to death in Chinatown just before Christmas – possibly with a skateboard – had been ...

Ravenscroft teacher Zoe Welsh. Camacho has a 20-year criminal history in Durham and Wake counties. He also has a history of ...

Stacy Fuller struggled to get access to mental health treatment while incarcerated. “It was way overcrowded, the conditions were bad, the anger was building and the depression,” she remembered. “I ...

Individuals who have a mental illness are more likely to be rearrested after being released from prison than those without a mental illness, according to a new study by a School of Social Work ...

An estimated two in five people who are incarcerated have a history of mental illness, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Most receive no treatment for their mental health issues ...

The Secure Psychiatric Unit sits on the grounds of the New Hampshire State Prison complex in Concord. It houses people with serious mental illness, but it isn't licensed as a medical facility. Since ...

Overcrowded Nebraska prisons force some inmates to share cells that were designed for just one person. Experts say this can exacerbate or cause mental health problems. The Nebraska Department of ...

Stein touted efforts to help people leaving prison find jobs, housing and healthcare. But he said more work is needed on ...

Eric Kania, MD, who has been a psychiatrist at Baumettes Prison in Marseille, France, for 25 years, has witnessed an increasing proportion of inmates being treated for psychiatric disorders. In an ...

Exclusive: NHS clinicians will sit in on appointments in pilot scheme in four areas aimed at reducing reoffending ...