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 ...

Jun. 30—Every year, hundreds of people across New York who have been accused of crimes are sent to state-run mental hospitals to be treated for severe disabilities or mental illnesses that prevent ...

Senate Bill 1323 took effect in January. Judges must now decide if it's "in the interest of justice" for certain defendants to be restored to competency or placed in an alternative program. Fewer ...

Leading correctional healthcare company, NaphCare , announced it will present a symposium-style seminar at the upcoming Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) , held March 12 ...

BENNINGTON — A discussion of legal competency restoration will be held at the State House in Montpelier on Wednesday, Jan. 21. Featured attendees will be Kelly Carroll, mother of murder victim Emily ...

When a person is charged with a crime but found too mentally ill to participate in their defense, Washington state must offer them temporary treatment. The process, known as “competency restoration,” ...

Torrance State Hospital is one of only two hospitals in Pennsylvania that provide "competency restoration," treatment for people who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial. Pennsylvania’s ...

Should individuals with persistent and serious mental illness, who commit minor crimes, be treated as criminals in our court system, or can we treat their mental illness in a more humane way and offer ...

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