Disclaimer: This video mentions suicidal ideation. Viewer discretion is advised. This documentary explores the mental health crisis unfolding inside Nebraska’s prisons: the severe shortage of mental ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An officer opens a dorm room for a prisoner at the Central California Women's Facility. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) ...

Spain has one of the highest incarceration rates in Europe, with 160 individuals imprisoned per 100,000 residents. In 2020, 43,494 people were incarcerated in facilities not managed by regional health ...

Every year, Illinois prisons incarcerate about 30,000 people at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion. Nearly half of those people have a history of mental illness.

Currently, a good deal of treatment is being provided for mentally ill inmates within the prison system, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of the US Department of Justice. [1] A ...

York County Prison's budget has grown due to inflation and the costs of handling mental health and opioid crises. Local jails face rising costs as they must accept all individuals, including those in ...

Life inside correctional facilities has been under the spotlight in New York State for the last year. The beating deaths of Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi, coupled with a wildcat corrections ...

Across the UK, there is little doubt that the provision of healthcare in prisons has changed significantly over the last 30 ...

Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia is a psychologist and the newly appointed executive director of the Cook County Jail in Chicago, one of the biggest prisons in the country. She shares how her plans to address ...

“We are taking a different approach – one that is rooted in compassion, collaboration and evidence-based care.” ...

This project aims to strengthen the rule of law and fundamental rights protection in Serbia, in line with EU and Council of Europe standards, focusing on people deprived of liberty and especially ...

The federal prison ombudsman says weak policies, insufficient training and a lack of specialized treatment are hindering the Correctional Service of Canada’s efforts to deliver mental health care. In ...