Mentall Illness

Advocates say that, too often in Kentucky, people with mental illness cycle through jails and prison as a default for proper treatment.

Kentuckians who have some serious mental illnesses won’t be subject to the death penalty under a bill that passed out of the state House of Representatives on Wednesday. The measure now heads to the state Senate, which hasn’t supported similar proposals in recent years.

Purchase Youth Village in Benton has received approval to double its capacity for children and adolescents requiring treatment for mental illness. The new…