WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A former mental patient who sexually assaulted another patient at a Waco mental health facility two years ago was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday. Richard Pietrzyk, 63, ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Mental health and substance abuse continue to be the “most significant concerns” at the Blair County Prison, said Tom Weber, president of the facility’s medical service provider ...

An officer opens a dorm room for a prisoner at the Central California Women's Facility. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Following through on intentions broadcast a year ago, a federal judge is ...

Spain has one of the highest incarceration rates in Europe, with 160 individuals imprisoned per 100,000 residents. In 2020, 43,494 people were incarcerated in facilities not managed by regional health ...

Correctional Officer Thomas Grady, left, with the Salinas Valley Resource Team, walks through B Ward on March 6, 2025, where murals of comic book characters adorn the walls of the maximum security ...

SACRAMENTO — California has halted a court-ordered medical parole program, opting instead to send its most incapacitated prisoners back to state lockups or release them early. The unilateral ...

The Dutch state is paying rising compensation to psychiatric patients under TBS (mandatory treatment in a secure mental ...

Women in acute mental stress continue to be held at Europe's largest female prison despite longstanding concerns, a new report has found. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), which assesses the ...