Bipartisan Report Exposes Kids Jailed for Mental Health Care

A stunning bipartisan congressional report reveals that juvenile facilities across 25 states incarcerate children with mental health needs, often without charges or beyond release dates, because community-based care is nowhere to be found. Surveying 157 facilities, it uncovers 75 sites holding kids for weeks, months, or even a year solely for internal mental health services unavailable outside, with six facilities detaining youth post-sentence due to care shortages. Read more about this...