Western Australia has the highest Aboriginal imprisonment rate of any state while expanding prison capacity. Yet shortages of stable housing can obstruct bail, parole and successful reintegration.

State auditors told Georgia lawmakers Thursday that some foster care spending isn’t going where officials expected, as a legislative committee examines rising costs in the state’s child welfare system ...

The Joint Study Committee on Evaluating Escalating Costs in Georgia’s Foster Care System heard testimony from auditors and child welfare officials as lawmakers explore why foster care costs have ...

The countdown to The Big E is nearly over, with gates set to open tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. Organizers report that about 95% of the fairgrounds is ready to welcome millions of expected attendees.

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The labor union representing hundreds of employees at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center has filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s planned downsizing of the facility, arguing Gov. JB ...

Sleeping under the stars sounds wonderful until you remember that sleeping on the ground isn’t exactly comfortable and that hot showers are a good thing. In Sonoma County, you can have the best of ...

Hospitals have been undertaking breakneck expansion every quarter by adding thousands of new beds, diagnostics chains are expanding their footprint across smaller towns and medical institutes are ...

American Girl debuted their next Girl of the Year doll on Thursday and she's the first in the company's history to be from Wisconsin.

Haven says more survivors are reaching out for help, with phone calls up 57% and text and web chat messages increasing 148% over the past year.

As temperatures will eventually drop across the Ohio Valley, communities on both sides of the Ohio River are starting early conversations about how to help peop ...

CalMatters investigation finds wildly different approaches to California’s new crime law, and a shortage of promised treatment ...