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Lawyers are asking a federal judge to hold the state of Illinois in contempt over the way it deals with mental illness in prisons.
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As the calendar month comes to a close, so does No Shave November, an awareness and fundraising campaign. Participators forgo grooming all month to draw…
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In light of the conversations around safety, schools have recently changed many protocols and programs. They've replaced and upgraded equipment and hired…
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A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds the suicide rate in Illinois increased nearly 23 percent between 1999 and 2016.…
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A consultant with 30 years of experience in state and federal reforms will oversee efforts in Illinois to expand children’s mental health services,…
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DeVonte Jones began to show signs of schizophrenia as a teenager. His first public episode was nine years ago at a ball game at Wavering Park in Quincy,...
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Three million Illinois Medicaid users will soon have more access to mental health and substance abuse treatments. Officials in Washington, D.C., OK’d a…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner has a track record of handing the toughest topics to small bipartisan panels of legislators. These “working groups” have been tasked…
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A federal judge has ruled the Illinois prison system is still providing inadequate mental healthcare to inmates and that the treatment qualifies as cruel…
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An Illinois law passed in 2014 was supposed to ensure that families no longer have to give up custody of their children in order to get them necessary…