Fitness & Health
A Kane County judge has ordered a fitness test for a prisoner who escaped while being transported from a mental health facility
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Staff at the Cook County jail had to get creative to stop an inmate, diagnosed with severe schizophrenia, from gouging out his own eyes
Could anything have been done to prevent the suicide of confessed serial killer Israel Keyes?
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says a federal judge in Idaho must reconsider whether a death row inmate is too mentally disabled to be executed
“I’m running a mental institution, not a jail,” said Boulder Sheriff Joe Pelle
A new lawsuit accusing the Sierra County Detention Center claims that an inmate placed in solitary confinement lost 22 pounds over the course of 18 days as a result of the conditions
3,300 jails across the country have become treatment centers of last resort for people with serious mental illnesses, most arrested for non-violent crimes
Board alleges Ponte violated city law by sending mentally ill inmates to solitary without approval
Daughter of inmate claims that officials’ mishandling of mentally ill inmates allowed for her father to be killed by his cellmate
Time-saving workout tips to get toned and look great
The prison’s clinic is one of many initiatives that Erie County officials have taken to handle an influx of seriously mentally ill individuals pouring into the prison and Erie County courtrooms
