The share of people with severe mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals accused of serious crimes has risen steeply. The shift has all but halted the possibility of care before a catastrophic ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Inside the walls of Coalinga State Hospital sexually violent predators are flexing their newfound political strength. Last November, a number of the patients banded together ...

The state agency overseeing Western State Hospital will pay $2.3 million to resolve a lawsuit that accused officials of negligence after a psychiatric patient was strangled to death by his roommate.

Following a patient death in March, Oregon State Hospital released a 30-day stabilization plan to address safety concerns. The plan focuses on improving staff responses to critical incidents, ...

The Oregon State Hospital has released new details about shortcomings federal inspectors found when they visited the hospital after a patient’s death on March 18. A survey at the state’s main ...

As early as next summer, Carrie Davidson will be able to read her great-grandmother’s name on a new state-funded monument in a field with hundreds of unmarked graves. This field is what’s left of more ...

Throughout the last week of September, the grounds of Napa State Hospital buzzed with the sound of music. Staff and patients alike couldn’t wait to experience firsthand an original musical written and ...

A senator emphasized the hospital is one of the most underserved in the entire state of Connecticut and that it “needs to ...

Officials at the Paterson hospital have not disclosed when the death happened, or when the patient was treated at St.