A California law taking effect in January will expand Gov. Gavin Newsom’s costly mental health court that’s been described as ...

CARE Court in Stanislaus County is primarily serving unhoused people, with 60% of petitions for people who were homeless and ...

CARE Court was supposed to be a new way to help homeless Californians in the grip of psychosis. But people are still falling ...

After eight years as a pilot project, Oahu’s Community Outreach Court became permanent on Thursday after helping 703 homeless people clear non-violent criminal cases against them and, more importantly ...

Mike Switzer interviews Kieley Sutton, assistant public defender for the Fifth Judicial Circuit and the South Carolina ...

The proposal would have required recipients to get treatment for addiction or mental illness as a condition of receiving ...

California officials said it’s a win for preventing formerly unhoused people from being forced back to the street.

COLUMBIA — Public Defender Kieley Sutton regularly appears in front of Judge Bryan S. Jeffries, listing the charges brought against her clients. The crimes often range from excessive traffic ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) -For a decade, the Columbia Homeless Court has offered a second chance to individuals experiencing homelessness or on the brink of it, helping them overcome legal barriers and ...

COLUMBIA — Victoria has been homeless and living at Transitions for the last five months. The 63-year-old lost her employment as a caregiver and has struggled to pay a traffic violation that has grown ...

Mayor Karen Bass, pictured in April at City Hall, won't testify in a multiday hearing on whether the city's homeless programs should be placed in a third-party receivership. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles ...