Christie Thompson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

“That willingness to make yourself ridiculous can be very disarming,” said a professor who has studied — and engaged in — absurd protest methods.

Prisoners in federal facilities must file most grievances with the guards — a system they say exposes them to retaliation, including physical abuse.