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Judge nears decision on future of state mental health system Associated Press 7 hrs ago By LEAH WILLINGHAM, Associated Press/Report for America © Provided by Associated Press James Shelson, lead attorney representing the state, carries documents as he and his colleagues exit the federal courthouse in Jackson, following a hearing on updates about the status of the lawsuit over mental health services in Mississippi, Monday, July 12, 2021. The U.S. Justice Department claims the state has failed to provide adequate services in the community for adults with mental illness. (AP...

January 29, 2021 GMT ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into whether the state of Alaska unnecessarily institutionalizes children with behavioral problems. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said Jan. 21 it had launched an investigation into a complaint from the Alaska Disability Law Center, Anchorage Daily News reported Wednesday. Leslie Jaehning, the center’s attorney, said the complaint filed last year focuses on a rising number of Alaska children and teenagers sent to psychiatric treatment facilities in other states, alon...

Justice Department opens civil rights probe into whether Alaska ‘unnecessarily institutionalizes’ children Print article The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into whether the state of Alaska “unnecessarily institutionalizes” children with behavioral problems. In 2020, the Alaska Disability Law Center lodged a complaint about the rising number of Alaska children and teenagers being sent to Outside psychiatric treatment facilities as well as locked hospitals in-state because of a dearth of less-restrictive treatment options here, said the center’s attorney, L...