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 ...

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

James Rud may not have been the ideal candidate to fight the constitutionality of the state’s civil commitment process, but two Shakopee defense attorneys tried to anyway. The court-appointed ...

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 ...

As leaders in various civil rights groups around Oregon got wind of the Nov. 5 presidential election results, most said they were saddened but not surprised. OK, one cursed. But for Amy Handler ...