The trauma of losing a parent is an incalculable loss for a child anywhere, but the fallout is far greater for those kids forced into institutional care.
The suicide crisis among veterans has been well documented. But another dark phenomenon exists just beneath the surface in San Diego and across the country.
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Data obtained by Reveal highlights how a patchwork system can be ill-equipped to tackle serious mental health episodes, leaving migrant children to bear the tremendous toll.
One immigrant endured more than two decades of psychological and financial abuse by her husband yet didn’t think she was a victim. Legal safeguards are limited and came too late to help her.
A story from an era before the rights of gay people were recognized as inherent to their humanity and right to privacy, an era that suddenly seems less far away than it used to.
Before, during and after involvement in the juvenile justice system, the health of these youth is compromised.
State data show a record number of people experiencing a mental health crisis are waiting in jails for beds in state hospitals that don’t have enough staff to operate at capacity.
The coalition, said co-founder Lamikia Castillo, demanded “that the LA County Board of Supervisors change its practices,” so that “families are not pulled apart.”