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Behind Bars, Mentally Ill Inmates Are Often Punished For Their Symptoms

While visiting jails and prisons across the country, author Alisa Roth witnessed mentally ill inmates in solitary confinement, wearing restrictive jumpsuits and receiving very limited therapy.

The mental health crisis and shortage of providers is creating big debt for Americans

The mental health crisis and the shortage of providers to treat them is creating a parallel problem for families: debt. But how much Americans are having to pay for this care is hidden in the shadows.

Scott Peterson Resentencing: Criminal Law and the Media

It was Christmas Eve, 2002 when Laci Peterson disappeared. A slow news day the day before Christmas, and the media, immediately, took note.By mid-2004, Scott Peterson was the defendant in a double homicide trial viewed around the world.Did the nature of the storyline drive the media, or was it the media attention that drove the prosecution?Almost every court in the land tries homicide cases all the time. What was it about the Scott Peterson case that caused it to draw daily national attention and gavel-to-gavel throughout the united states and the world? Was it the fact that the story broke on a holiday? Was it missing white woman syndrome?Tonight, on the day Peterson was resentenced, Your Legal Rights looks back at the Scott Peterson case, with defense attorney Geoff Carr, TV news media consultant Peter Shaplen, and legal and political analyst Dean Johnson.Questions for tonight’s panel? Call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

Can Poverty Lead To Mental Illness?

That's a question that is fairly new to science. Researchers are now looking at the possible links.

Can Mental Illness Be Prevented In The Womb?

Researchers are exploring changes in prenatal nutrition to lower risks for future mental disorders. The work is preliminary, but there is ample precedent for maternal diet affecting children's health.

Aubrey Plaza goes from art school to fraudster in 'Emily The Criminal'

NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks with actor Aubrey Plaza about her new thriller, "Emily The Criminal," which centers around a woman who turns to crime to pay off student loan debt.

Henry Jones, who kept getting sicker after 11 years of homelessness, was admitted in 1991 into Christ House, one of the first medical respite programs in the country.

Medical respite offers refuge for homeless people recovering from illness

A growing number of private insurance companies are starting to invest in medical respite — a decades-old way of caring for homeless people. Here's what's driving the trend.

Race and Social Justice: The Criminal Justice System

What role does bias play in policing?Are there biases unique to the legal system, or does it merely reflect what is going on in our society?Is there any way to get racial bias out of the legal system especially in sentencing?YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, has assembled an all-star cast: Attorneys John Burris of Oakland, Peter Goldscheider of Redwood City, Randall Knox of San Francisco, Kevin Allen of San Mateo and Esther Aguayo of Redwood City.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

Officer Brian Cregg checks in with a man who says he is homeless and living in his car in Concord, N.H. In Concord, as in many parts of the Northeast, widespread use of meth is new, police say, and is changing how they approach interactions with people who seem to be delusional.

Is It A Meth Case Or Mental Illness? Police Who Need To Know Often Can't Tell

Calming techniques officers learn during training for intervening in a mental health crisis don't seem to work as well when a suspect is high on meth. Police say meth calls can be much more dangerous.

Antioch’s new mental health crisis team named for man who died in police custody

On Monday, Antioch officials welcomed the city's first mental health crisis response team. Prior to this, police responded to mental health crisis calls.

Officials scramble to hire for the 988 mental health crisis hotline

Preparations to roll out the 988 mental health crisis hotline are in full swing but call centers are scrambling to hire enough people and some states may not be able to handle the volume.

Abortion rights activists march from Washington Square Park to Bryant Park in protest of the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court. The march was in New York on June 24, 2022.

Criminalization of pregnancy has already been happening to the poor and women of color

The symbol of the post-Roe era might not be coat hangers. It may instead be prison bars.

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