State Sen. Nathan Manning (R-North Ridgeville) and state Sen. Thomas Patton (R-Strongsville) recently gave sponsor testimony on Senate Bill 295, legislation that would extend the timeline for ...

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, District Court and mental health providers are launching a new local process for evaluating defendants’ mental competency and offering outpatient treatment for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 30—Every year, hundreds of people across New York who have been accused of crimes are sent to state-run mental hospitals to ...

When a defense counsel, prosecutor, or judge has reason to question whether a defendant can rationally assist in their own defense, the court may order a competency evaluation, the most common ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – For years, Texas’ state hospital system has operated at capacity, causing hundreds of mentally ill county jail inmates to wait months for a bed and treatment. The state’s $1 billion ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A northeast Kansas county is launching a new effort to more quickly evaluate the mental competency of people charged with a crime. It’s believed the be the first such program of ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — People charged with crimes who have been deemed mentally incompetent sometimes wait months in jail for restoration services at the state hospital. The 1st Judicial District, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cuyahoga County prosecutors are seeking changes to state law that would allow authorities more time to restore the mental competency of murder defendants awaiting trial. Senate Bill ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 05, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading correctional healthcare company, NaphCare, announced it will present a symposium-style seminar at the upcoming Annual Conference of the ...

PRACTICES AND STANDARDS FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS AND MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES SAY THE NEED FOR REFORM IS URGENT. I’VE BEEN WORKING, DOING COMPETENCY EVALUATIONS FOR EIGHT AND A HALF, ALMOST NINE YEARS NOW, ...