Who’s in Ohio’s Psychiatric Hospitals, How Did They Get There and When Do They Get Out?

Criminal defendants are overwhelming an understaffed state mental health system that, a few years ago, served thousands more ...
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Criminally ill: Systemic failures turn state mental hospitals into prisons

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Tyeesha Ferguson fears her 28-year-old son will kill or be killed. “That’s what I’m trying to avoid,” said Ferguson, who still calls Quincy Jackson III her baby. She remembers a ...
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Worcester County Wonders: The state and the state of the mentally ill

The clock tower is one of the only buildings that remain of the original facility.
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Mentally ill defendants wait over a year for state services while living out in the community

SEATTLE — Garrett Merlino was in the midst of a severe mental health crisis when Seattle police encountered him two years ago at a West Seattle home. Body camera footage shows him becoming combative ...
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How systemic failures turn state mental hospitals into prisons

The share of people with severe mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals accused of serious crimes has risen steeply. The shift has all but... How systemic failures turn state mental hospitals ...