Addiction and homelessness are a constant presence in L.A.'s mental health court. Its judge wants defendants to "feel like ...

Kaye's path to mental health court: A former legal aid attorney, federal public defender and civil rights attorney who’d f ...

A Brisbane woman who allegedly attempted to gouge her foster daughter’s eye out was ordered by a judge to complete a mental ...

Sitting atop Behavioral Health Court since 2014, Crompton has also seen the bulk of recent mental health diversion petitions. Mental health diversion is slightly different than Behavioral Health Court ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown Municipal Court Judge Renee DiSalvo met with members of Youngstown City Council Monday morning to talk about the Mental Health Diversion Program and the work that has ...

Judges in Ventura County are beginning to assess defendants charged with serious crimes and found incompetent to stand trial ...

HENCE BEING ELIGIBLE FOR MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION. RECENTLY, HE GRADUATED FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT, WHERE THE CROWD APPLAUDED HIM. COOPER SAYS SUSPECTS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE SHOULDN’T BE ...

Children incarcerated at Long Creek Youth Development Center, Maine's only youth prison, have more behavioral health needs than most adults in the state's prison system. But advocates say those ...

The foster mother returned to Mental Health Diversion Court on Monday and a judge reviewed her progress report. Judge Jakubowski exonerated her $200,000 bail bond. Linder will remain on probation ...

The proposal, intended to keep more children out of Maine's only youth prison and instead address their needs elsewhere, was ...

Judge orders Dajon Daniel to return May 27 to Department 21 for an update and to remain on diversion while criminal proceedings are suspended.