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.

In the court system, we often deal with people suffering from mental illness or chemical dependency. Sometimes their condition is serious enough to warrant taking away their liberty via court order.

The recommendations, backed by the group representing several state agencies and nonprofits, aim to make the process more accessible, more effective and more equitable. One of the group’s members, the ...

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 ...

At a moment when the meaning and vitality of the rule of law are hotly debated, we risk forgetting that the principles we now take for granted were not inevitable—they were fought for, often by ...