Corrections has axed its contracts with five community providers supporting prisoners with mental health conditions. The decision follows a wide-ranging internal review of all mental health services ...
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Douglas County Department of Corrections is breaking ground on a long awaited expansion to their facility. The goal in mind is helping incarcerated people battling mental ...
Correctional staff are routinely exposed to high-stress environments, with inmate self-harm emerging as one of the most emotionally corrosive and ethically complex dimensions of prison life. While ...
People can assess me, interview me, incarcerate me, observe me, and they can think they know what I need,” said Shawn, a man in his early 50s who spent 15 ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The mental health of people who run into the law is front of mind for the Shawnee County Department of Corrections. “Currently, within our nation, there are more than 2 million ...
This is part 1 of a 2-part series on mental health services in the Mahoning County justice system. YOUNGSTOWN — A great deal of conversation about Mahoning County’s justice system in recent months has ...
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 ...
Conditions inside Indiana State Prison are fueling a suicide crisis, according to former mental health employees.
GUYANA is transitioning from a traditional prison system to a modern corrections-focused model aimed at rehabilitation and inmate welfare, according to Assistant Director of Prisons (Operations), ...