Late last year, the Chronicle editorial board revealed that San Francisco's most notorious serial harasser, Bill Gene Hobbs, was released from a state mental hospital despite psychologists testifying ...

Held Without Help: Our investigation uncovered hundreds of mentally ill Florida inmates who wait months in jail despite a 15-day transfer law. Hillary Clinton tells Congress she had ‘no relationship’ ...

SALISBURY — A state trooper seriously injured when his cruiser was struck by a vehicle driven by a Lawrence man has been released from the hospital. The unidentified trooper, injured in the crash ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The new University Hospital at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center officially opened Sunday, welcoming hundreds of patients. More than 400 patients will be moved to ...

A former nurse at Torrance State Hospital is accused by state police of having regular sexual encounters with a patient over seven months last year, according to court papers. The encounters between ...

Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

COLUMBIA — New details are emerging about an alleged beating in the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center by a guard that sent an inmate to the hospital. Sergeant Cohanskie Goodson was arrested and accused ...

Shawn Dempsey, 57, is accused of fleeing police custody during a hospital visit in Philadelphia. Investigators say Dempsey fled to Harrisburg, then Carlise, where he was placed back in custody. U.S.

Two brothers who helped make their school's mariachi band famous were released from ICE custody Monday, reunited with their parents after their detention in separate immigration holding facilities.

A psychiatric hospital in Greenville County is under investigation by the South Carolina Department of Public Health over allegations of abuse and neglect of a patient. Springbrook Behavioral Health ...

The historic Emily P. Bissell Hospital site in Mill Creek is being redeveloped to house Delaware's Department of Forensic Science. Plans include demolishing several dilapidated buildings while ...

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center opened its new $2 billion University Hospital tower Feb. 22. The 26-story facility houses 820 beds and required moving 425 patients from other hospitals.