Edmund Kemper III murdered his grandparents when he was just 15-years-old, before being released from a psychiatric hospital ...

The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a national organization focused on economic mobility for ...

Kentucky troopers say inmate Marcus Gray was assaulted at EKCC and later died. State police identify John Thomas as accused; no charges yet; case to grand jury. This marks third suspected homicide at ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - An inmate was taken to the hospital after an altercation at the Northwest Correctional Complex, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) said. According to TDOC, there was an ...

An inmate in the Lewis Complex at Buckeye State Prison has died following an altercation with his cellmate, officials confirmed. The death of Joshua Walker, 41, is being investigated as a homicide, ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. An inmate at the Penitentiary of New Mexico south of Santa Fe faces counts of aggravated battery with a deadly ...

Texas officials have selected UT Southwestern Medical Center to operate a new state psychiatric hospital set to open in Dallas this spring. Texas Behavioral Health Center will be the first state-owned ...

(The Center Square) - Hundreds of millions of taxpayers' dollars are being saved by not hiring staff to fill vacant health care roles, the California State Auditor says. Three state government ...

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 ...

Maryland State Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an inmate at the North Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland. Jordan Polston, 32, was declared dead by ...

A steep rise in criminally charged people with severe mental illnesses has all but halted patients’ ability to get care in Ohio’s state psychiatric hospitals. Tyeesha Ferguson fears her 28-year-old ...