Duluth man chronicles his struggles with traumatic brain injury caused by …
He experimented with drugs and alcohol. He ran away from home and from a boarding school … His mother brought him to the now-closed Wilson Center, a mental health treatment facility in Faribault, Minn. After he spent 9½ months there, his case worker … Read more on Duluth News Tribune

More than 200 felons applying for shorter sentences in Merced
The effort sought to reduce California's bloated prison population and to divert some funding to schools and substance abuse services, according to the California Legislative Analyst's Office. Attorneys in Merced County have been flooded with petitions … Read more on Merced Sun-Star

Troubled man resorted to threats at federal court in East St. Louis to get …
Turned away after begging for help at a mental health center here on July 8, he went a half mile to the U.S. District Courthouse and told a story that got security officials' attention: He told them he would set fire to a post office and cars in the … Read more on STLtoday.com