Frustrated family members and others have been pushing for law changes in New York and other states that would allow the ...

Family photos and hospital records of Quincy Jackson III, gathered by his mother, Tyeesha Ferguson. The mental health system makes it "easier to criminalize somebody than to get them help," she says. ...

The institutionalization of people with disabilities in Massachusetts is one of our state’s more shameful episodes. Yet the records needed to document that time have generally been closed to both ...

The exterior of Clarks Summit State Hospital, one of six state psychiatric hospitals in Pennsylvania. The state’s core program to close its psychiatric hospitals and shift care to less-restrictive ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — As North Carolina lawmakers in the General Assembly search for ways to address the intersection of ...

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 ...

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 ...