It’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” on Wards Island. For the past three months, staff at the massive Manhattan Psychiatric Center have been “nonchalantly” trudging dangerous inmates — including the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Family photos and hospital records of Quincy Jackson III, who has been in and out of hospitals and jails, including three ...

A steep rise in criminally charged people with severe mental illnesses has all but halted patients’ ability to get care in Ohio’s state psychiatric hospitals. Tyeesha Ferguson fears her 28-year-old ...

Family photos and hospital records of Quincy Jackson III, who has been in and out of hospitals and jails, including three state-run psychiatric facilities, for about a decade. This article was ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Tyeesha Ferguson fears her 28-year-old son will kill or be killed. “That’s what I’m trying to avoid,” said Ferguson, who still calls Quincy Jackson III her baby. She remembers a ...

Ohio’s state-run psychiatric hospital system serves more than 1,000 patients daily. It’s a system of last resort for people with no money, no insurance, severe mental illness and nowhere else to go.