Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a petition in Whatcom County Superior Court to civilly commit convicted sex offender Jake ...

On July 24, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to eliminate endemic vagrancy, disorderly behavior, sudden confrontations, and violent attacks on the streets of our cities by shifting ...

A state work group studying how Oregon civilly commits people experiencing serious mental illness gave 51 recommendations to lawmakers to consider for the 2025 legislative session. The recommendations ...

In the 1990s, the nation’s last remaining mental asylums shuttered their doors, bringing an end to centuries of forced institutionalization of the cognitively disabled and mentally ill. Repressive, ...

Appellant appealed the order continuing his involuntary civil commitment to the Special Treatment Unit under the Sexually Violent Predator Act. Appellant had two prior violent sexual offense ...

SALEM, Ore. — A workgroup of Oregon's top judicial, health, legislative and community leaders is recommending dozens of changes to the state's mental health and civil commitment laws, following an ...

The Trump administration is winding back the clock to a time when freedom was bound by chains of fear. The president signed an executive order that encourages states and municipalities to round up ...

Appellant, a 67-year-old man, appealed the decision to continue his civil commitment to the Special Treatment Unit under the Sexually Violent Predator Act. In 1985, appellant raped and stabbed a woman ...

As the vision for a new, 1,300-bed homeless “campus” recently sited in northwest Salt Lake City begins to crystalize, a discussion in front of a panel of lawmakers this week showed that the state’s ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — It’s a problem plaguing New Mexico, leading to frustrations for prosecutors and lawmakers, and heartbreak for families and the community. Now lawmakers are making another run at ...

Multnomah County deputies’ decision to pull security services from the Unity Center has forced the sensitive hearings to go virtual. Multnomah County deputies recently stopped providing security at ...