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A Prison on Fire

Designed to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths.

Feature • 07.24.2026

Who’s in Ohio’s Psychiatric Hospitals, How Did They Get There and When Do They Get Out?

Criminal defendants are overwhelming an understaffed state mental health system that, a few years ago, served thousands more patients.

Cleveland • 01.07.2026

For People Mentally Unfit For Trial, Waits For Treatment Get Longer

U.S. defendants must be able to understand the charges against them — but many who can’t remain behind bars waiting for mental health treatment.

Closing Argument • 09.06.2025

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