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 ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — People charged with crimes who have been deemed mentally incompetent sometimes wait months in jail for restoration services at the state hospital. The 1st Judicial District, ...

Colorado's 1st Judicial District, which covers Jefferson and Gilpin counties, held its Competency Court inaugural docket this week, launching a program similar to those in other jurisdictions in the ...

State Sen. Nathan Manning (R-North Ridgeville) and state Sen. Thomas Patton (R-Strongsville) recently gave sponsor testimony on Senate Bill 295, legislation that would extend the timeline for ...

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 ...

Jun. 30—Every year, hundreds of people across New York who have been accused of crimes are sent to state-run mental hospitals to be treated for severe disabilities or mental illnesses that prevent ...

One of the worst parts of an Alamosa County Sheriff deputy’s job is dealing with jail inmates who suffer mental illness as they await agonizingly long times for competency hearings on the way to trial ...

Should individuals with persistent and serious mental illness, who commit minor crimes, be treated as criminals in our court system, or can we treat their mental illness in a more humane way and offer ...