The share of people with severe mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals accused of serious crimes has risen steeply. The shift has all but halted the possibility of care before a catastrophic ...

New safety standards aimed at limiting suicide risks have led to overhauls inside hospitals around the country, with psychiatric facilities and wards removing bathroom doors, stripping artwork from ...

Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars to fill vacant medical and mental health positions at prisons and state ...

Eric Kania, MD, who has been a psychiatrist at Baumettes Prison in Marseille, France, for 25 years, has witnessed an increasing proportion of inmates being treated for psychiatric disorders. In an ...

A new state audit finds vacancy rates above 30 percent despite hundreds of millions spent on salaries, bonuses and contract ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Mental health and substance abuse continue to be the “most significant concerns” at the Blair County Prison, said Tom Weber, president of the facility’s medical service provider ...

On May 7, Finland’s deputy parliamentary ombudsman issued a statement criticizing “shortcomings in the availability of and access to psychiatric care for prisoners.” According to the statement, ...

California's essential health care facilities are wasting money on expensive contract labor amid chronic staffing shortages, even as agencies involved report hundreds of millions of dollars in savings ...

Prison staff in England are increasingly missing work due to poor mental health, exclusive data shows. Officers say a lack of support, regular traumatic incidents and violence are factors behind the ...