The video above is from when the North Carolina General Assembly was beginning the process of the legislation. RALEIGH, N.C. ...

North Carolina lawmakers are now taking a closer look at how people with mental health issues can be involuntarily committed for treatment in the wake of a new law they passed — in September.

A state committee on Tuesday gave a favorable report to a bill that would change where mental evaluations are conducted for ...

Nearly 40 years ago, a federal appeals court ruled that Alabama officials could not jail people in mental health crisis who were sent to the state for help. Jailing people going through the state’s ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Charles Byers. Irvo Otieno. Their names have tragically become well-known in Central Virginia for how they died — in the custody of or by the hands of law enforcement. What also ...

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