However, critics worry that recent changes to the law are allowing some defendants to misuse California's recently expanded ...

However, critics worry that recent changes to the law are allowing some defendants to misuse California's recently expanded Mental Health Diversion Court program. A CBS News California ...

(AP Photo/Eric Risberg) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday affirmed a lower court’s decision in a ...

Although Santa Clara County was one of the first in the nation to create a behavioral health court, criminal offenders with ...

The waitlist for mentally incompetent defendants to be transferred from jail to treatment centers has grown by over 500% over the last eight years, according to the ACLU of Northern California. SAN ...

Mentally ill inmates in California must be given access to at least 20 hours of mental health treatment per week, following a ...

Mark Ghaly is stepping down as head of the California Health and Human Services ... in how California handles severe mental illness: the opening of CARE Court and Senate Bill 43, which broadened ...

The White House announced on Monday a new final rule meant to require health plans to improve access to mental health and ...

A man suspected of going on a three-hour shooting rampage in Northern California and killing 81 animals, including miniature ...

Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction after concluding that tech industry trade ...

An inquest into the death of a 26-year-old man who died while incarcerated in segregation in 2020 is recommending more mental health services for inmates at the Manitoba jail where he died.

Vicente Arroyo, 39, made his first court appearance Thursday after Monterey County Sheriff deputies arrested him earlier in ...