A Southern California child molester’s request to be released from a state mental hospital and back into the community was denied by a jury. Sid Landau, 85, is a twice-convicted child molester who ...

Almost 15 million Californians are covered by Medicaid. Cuts to the program could weaken mental health programs, including ...

After 35 years of failing reports and climbing suicide rates, a federal judge is appointing an outsider to propose fixes for ...

SHE ENDED UP IN THIS REALLY VICIOUS CYCLE OF REPEATED HOSPITALIZATIONS AND AN INVESTIGATION THAT ALSO REVEALS SHORTCOMINGS IN CALIFORNIA’S 21 FOR PROFIT PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS. WE STARTED ...

Calling the dangerous conditions in for-profit psychiatric hospitals an emergency, California’s top lawmaker on the state Senate Health Committee proposed legislation Thursday to quickly impose ...

In its initial stages, the California Model has improved working conditions for some officers. Others say it’s creating more violence in prisons.

A federal judge in Sacramento has put control of California prisons' mental health programs into a rare receivership, ...

A federal judge has named a receiver to run California’s troubled prison mental health system. Colette Peters, a reformist ...