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 ...

Hardy has also been ordered to remain in his current placement at Central Ohio Behavioral Health.

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 ...

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 ...

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,” ...

NaphCare and the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office launched the THRIVE Jail-Based Competency Treatment program at the Washoe County Detention Facility.

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 ...

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 ...