Superior Court Judge Bradford Bury couldn’t believe what was happening in his courtroom. The judge was overseeing a hearing to decide if a man should remain locked up in New Jersey’s civil commitment ...

An opioid addiction epidemic is killing more than 90 Americans each day. In Massachusetts, civil commitment has been used extensively to address this epidemic. Utah has passed a commitment law for ...

The Trump administration is winding back the clock to a time when freedom was bound by chains of fear. The president signed an executive order that encourages states and municipalities to round up ...

On July 24, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to eliminate endemic vagrancy, disorderly behavior, sudden confrontations, and violent attacks on the streets of our cities by shifting ...

Many U.S. states have laws allowing for “civil commitment" (involuntary commitment) and treatment of individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs). These laws, like those psychiatrists use to treat ...

As journalists, we have seen this nightmare story too many times to count. A person with severe mental illness is nearing a breaking point. A desperate family member seeks help out of fear the person ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that seeks to reduce homelessness through civil commitment and encourages municipal bans on sleeping outdoors. He also set up ...