Christie Thompson

A mother of three said she hallucinated after weeks in an ICE segregation cell in Louisiana. She’s one of thousands now facing the psychological toll of isolation.

The president’s new executive order defies legal precedent and proven strategies for reducing homelessness, says attorney Jennifer Mathis.

The Trump administration recently ended a legal aid program, leaving immigrants who have mental health disorders on their own.

Supporters of the union, which represents 30,000 prison employees, fear the move will worsen an ongoing staffing crisis.

Prisoners: Guards Break Teeth, Fracture Ribs, Use N-Word at Federal Prison

A Bureau of Prisons investigation found that Andrew Ciolli failed to stop violations of the use of force policy at one prison. Now he’s running an agency training center.

There are more than 100 response teams nationwide, but experts say more research on their impact is needed.

In Washington, like most states, laws intended to protect health care workers are leading to prosecutions of people with severe mental illness.

Efforts to reconsider these sentences have also come up (and failed) in states like Oregon and Minnesota.

Government watchdog agencies found hundreds of preventable deaths and excessive use of solitary confinement.