Justice and Health
Criminal Justice and Healthcare: Why They’re Linked
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Criminal justice involvement can drive health problems, and vice versa. Many who work in healthcare have realized this relationship is something they can’t afford to ignore.
Mental Health
Policing ‘With Compassion’: Tucson Draws Lessons From Gabby Giffords Shooting
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In the aftermath of the shooting in a Tucson mall in 2011, leaving six people dead and 13 injured, including Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, the Tucson police department has developed a proactive approach to dealing with the mentally ill.
Mental Health
NH Takes Steps to End Imprisonment of Mentally Ill
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New Hampshire stands alone in the U.S. in warehousing involuntarily committed mental health patients in prison. Now the governor is willing to spend money on a new hospital to end the practice of turning civil commitments into prison stints.
Mental Health
Oregon Jails Routinely Flout Order to Hospitalize Mentally Ill
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Oregon officials have been under a court order since 2003 to move mentally ill pretrial defendants from jail to hospitals within seven days. An analysis by The Oregonian newspaper shows that doesn’t happen 29 percent of the time, thanks to shortages of hospital beds and law enforcement resources.
School Shootings
Does a ‘Code of Silence’ Among Students, Parents Abet School Shootings?
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School shootings can be averted when parents, school authorities and students themselves take seriously the signals indicating potential violence from troubled youths, and communicate their concerns as quickly as possible, according to the Police Foundation.
Mental Health
LA Sheriff Cites Mental Care Failings After Mass Killing
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The case of Dakota Theriot, who is accused of killing five people last month near Baton Rouge, La., “is an extremely horrific example of what we all have known are the shortcomings of our national system of mental health care,” says St. Charles Parish, La., Sheriff Gary Champagne.
Mental Health
ProPublica Made Errors In OR Insanity Defense Stories
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ProPublica corrected stories published with the Malheur Enterprise about Oregon’s handling of people found “guilty except for insanity.” The stories were prompted by the case of Anthony Montwheeler, who was charged in 2017 with killing two people soon after his release by Oregon’s Psychiatric Security Review Board.
Mental Health
Should Police Be Handling Mental-Illness Cases?
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The majority of police officers in 45 percent of agencies surveyed haven’t been trained to handle mental-heath crises. In Eugene, Or., a nonprofit handles such cases, amounting to 17 percent of police service calls last year.
Justice and Health
Rural Jails Struggle to Cope with Rise in Mentally Troubled Inmates
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The growing population of offenders with mental health or substance abuse issues is a nationwide problem, but it’s especially challenging in rural communities. One Wisconsin jail has risen to the challenge.
Mental Health
Oregon Hid High Recidivism Among Criminally Insane
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Oregon releases people found not guilty by reason of insanity from supervision and treatment more quickly than nearly every other state in the nation, but they commit far more crimes after their release than the state has previously led the public to believe, a news investigation has found.