There is only one forensic psychiatric hospital in the province, located in Coquitlam and known as Colony Farm. The facility has 190 beds.

B.C. desperately needs a second forensic psychiatric hospital because the existing one doesn’t have enough room to accommodate all the violent, mentally ill offenders who need to go there for ...

The Government will make more beds and timely services available to people needing mental health and addiction support in the Midland Region, Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey says. Budget 2025 has ...

Benjamin McGuire, the first inmate to die in the Travis County Jail this year, was deemed mentally incompetent and was ...

Unit D inside Stein is slated to open next. The facility is expected to be fully operational with 47 beds by February. Another 20 forensic beds at Rawson-Neal were also set aside for court-ordered ...

This bed shortage is particularly devastating for individuals in the criminal justice system. Nationwide, forensic patients—those entangled in legal proceedings—occupy 52% of total psychiatric ...

This bed shortage is particularly devastating for individuals in the criminal justice system. Nationwide, forensic patients—those entangled in legal proceedings – occupy 52% of total ...