The Nevada Supreme Court affirmed a district court’s civil commitment order related to a murder case after the former defendant’s conviction and sentence were vacated in federal court, as he was found ...

In a shift that strengthens due process rights for individuals facing temporary civil mental health commitments, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that appeals of expired commitments are not moot if ...

In the 1990s, the nation’s last remaining mental asylums shuttered their doors, bringing an end to centuries of forced institutionalization of the cognitively disabled and mentally ill. Repressive, ...

The Trump administration is winding back the clock to a time when freedom was bound by chains of fear. The president signed an executive order that encourages states and municipalities to round up ...

A state work group studying how Oregon civilly commits people experiencing serious mental illness gave 51 recommendations to lawmakers to consider for the 2025 legislative session. The recommendations ...

Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a petition in Whatcom County Superior Court to civilly commit convicted sex offender Jake Unick to McNeil Island following his scheduled release from prison.

Several mental health advocates sent a letter to Minnesota court administrators Monday raising concerns over a policy that holds civil commitment court hearings virtually instead of in person, which ...

Louis Bianculli expected to be in and out of custody this week after he pleaded guilty to charges of sexual battery against a family member and video voyeurism against a woman who accused him of ...

SALEM, Ore. — A workgroup of Oregon's top judicial, health, legislative and community leaders is recommending dozens of changes to the state's mental health and civil commitment laws, following an ...

Appellant, a 67-year-old man, appealed the decision to continue his civil commitment to the Special Treatment Unit under the Sexually Violent Predator Act. In 1985, appellant raped and stabbed a woman ...

MANKATO — A man with a history of knife threats or assaults faces additional charges in Mankato ahead of a Wednesday civil commitment hearing. Ricky Lee Mays, 50, of Mankato, was charged with two ...