The most recent data shows 96% of people at the state hospital are committed for criminal matters, and 40% of them are ...

Leading advocates for people with mental illness in Oregon say the state needs to expand its criteria for civil commitment — the process for forced psychiatric treatment outside of the criminal ...

Oregon's priority on aid and assist cases has created the near-elimination of civil commitment cases in Oregon — when a person is forced into mental health care treatment because medical and ...

Louis Bianculli expected to be in and out of custody this week after he pleaded guilty to charges of sexual battery against a family member and video voyeurism against a woman who accused him of ...