It's a situation Pamela Hawkins said she hopes other parents of a child with mental health issues won't have to endure.

Keeping vulnerable people from sitting in a cell is how Hays County leaders bill the Jail-Based Competency Restoration (JBCR) ...

The number of people waiting in jail to be transferred to state mental health facilities reached an all-time high in February. People are sometimes being incarcerated for longer than if they’d ...

"Instead of waiting nearly a year for treatment, we can provide those services right here, right now," the Hays County District Attorney's Office said.

As a young girl growing up in Missouri, Megan Jolly loved to read, dance and dress up. For her 20th birthday, she and her mother wore formal gowns to dinner on a cruise ship to Cozumel, Mexico. She ...

PITTSBURGH, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) announced the launch of the Mobile Competency Restoration and Support Team (MCRST), a new program ...

Valerie Huhn, director of the Missouri Department of Mental Health, speaks to reporters after being appointed to the job on Dec. 29, 2021. There are 430 Missourians across the state in jails waiting ...