Hays County is starting a new jail-based competency restoration program meant to help inmates who have been deemed ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hays County said it expected to implement a Jail-Based Competency Restoration (JBCR) Program in the coming ...

Hays County leaders have approved a new jail-based program aimed at addressing mental health needs in the criminal justice ...

PITTSBURGH, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) announced the launch of the Mobile Competency Restoration and Support Team (MCRST), a new program ...

A man jailed on felony drug possession charges has been waiting 469 days in the Clay County Detention Center for mental health services that could allow his case to move forward. It took him 75 days ...

ST. LOUIS — As a young girl growing up in Missouri, Megan Jolly loved to read, dance and dress up. For her 20th birthday, she and her mother wore formal gowns to dinner on a cruise ship to Cozumel, ...

In September, an average of 487 Missourians were waiting for a bed in a psychiatric hospital run by the department. A man jailed on felony drug possession charges has been waiting 469 days in the Clay ...

Hundreds of Missouri residents are waiting in limbo after being found incompetent to stand trial. But until they can get a space at a state psychiatric hospital or otherwise receive mental health ...