A man who worked at a Columbia-based, statewide psychiatric hospital on Farrow Road was arrested by SLED for allegedly ...

Lawmakers are weighing a bill proposed by Gov. Ned Lamont to codify provisions of the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act into state law.

SLED charged Gregory Marcel Higgins with abuse of a vulnerable adult after an alleged 2025 incident at Wellpath Recovery Solutions in Columbia.

A Kaysville mother is charged with neglecting a child with a disability after leaving her autistic 3-year-old alone in a dirty apartment for hours.

JANESVILLE, Wis. -- A Beloit woman was arrested after she reportedly abused a person with a disability. The Rock County Sheriff's Office arrested Toyo Perez, 49, of Beloit on Jan, 23 for one count of ...

A Vietnam veteran has filed suit over a VA rule that requires medical examiners to factor in a medication's effects when ...

Families are still waiting to hear if the two health-care aides first accused of abusing residents at a Winnipeg nursing home ...

A Darwin father trusted to care for some of the Northern Territory’s most vulnerable has been accused of running a $5m ...

The proposed change has been set out in an amendment to the government's Crimes and Policing Bill.

A little-known federal program focused on mental illness is under new scrutiny by the state legislature. For decades, the federal Protection and Advocacy program has funded Utah’s Disability Law ...

Families are demanding change to Manitoba’s adult abuse registry, saying it doesn’t protect vulnerable victims and leaves families in the dark on the process of adding alleged abusers.

Brice Rhodes was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in March 2024 for the brutal murders of three people, including two teenage brothers, nearly 10 years ...