The May 2023 death of baby Phoenix — and the investigation by the Bay Area News Group that followed — forced a reckoning at ...

Patrick Carroll will undergo mental health counseling for two years, in exchange for Los Angeles prosecutors dismissing a criminal case.

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

I’m a doctor who treats dying patients. People with mental illness who get trapped in the criminal justice system are facing ...

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

Certified Law Student Michaela Myers argued here in Yolo County Superior Court that the accused, a young mother, deserved ...

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

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

David Rojas testified that he touched the 34-year-old woman’s right breast twice with his gloved left hand after noticing a ...

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 ...