The figures are staggering. At least 2 million people with mental illness are booked into local jails every year. Some 750 of the approximately 3,500 people incarcerated in the Bexar County Adult ...

A regional jail diversion program was eliminated as part of a broader effort to centralize and standardize mental health care across the state.

Cape Girardeau’s mental health board boosts jail and prevention funding, denies city police request as it divides $1.6M among counseling, shelter and treatment organizations.

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County officials say the community needs to have a better way for helping people in the legal system with mental health issues. For now, most of those people are being served by ...

Efforts are underway to improve mental health care in Minnesota's jails, with counties and advocacy groups exploring new ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — A motion seeking mental health diversion has been filed in the case against former county supervisor Zack Scrivner, potentially allowing him to avoid jail time entirely if ...

Hundreds of Missourians are stuck in jail because they have been charged but not convicted of crimes, and were found ...

Mecklenburg County has launched the region’s first program designed to stop the dangerous revolving door for people with ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - The NC Department of Health and Human Services and North Carolina First Lady Anna Stein are unveiling a new program on Monday to help people with severe mental health illnesses ...

Apalachee Center runs a program at the Leon County Detention Center that provides mental health resources to inmates during ...

Washoe County commissioners approved a nearly $10 million state grant Tuesday to keep a jail-based mental health program running through 2027.