RAYMOND, Miss. (WLBT) - We now know the identity of the man at the center of an hours-long standoff in Raymond on Tuesday. Authorities attempted to serve him a court order to be committed for mental ...
Nearly 40 years ago, a federal appeals court ruled that Alabama officials could not jail people in mental health crisis who were sent to the state for help. Jailing people going through the state’s ...
North Carolina lawmakers are now taking a closer look at how people with mental health issues can be involuntarily committed for treatment in the wake of a new law they passed — in September.