The long haul Sep 2, 2007
Shes been a junior high teacher and a supervisor in the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. She started driving school buses part time after she retired. (Odessa American, TX)
Texas Woman Who Stoned Sons To Death Cant Leave Mental Facility Apr 13, 2007
But the 12th Court of Appeals ruled that the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation may not grant such passes. After Laney's acquittal, District Judge Cynthia Stevens Kent had ordered that Laney be placed in a maximum-security inpatient treatment facility. (KWTX.com, TX)
The nightmare: Mental illness George's ultimate jailer; county staff, funds 'jailed' too Feb 21, 2007
Treated since he was a child by Dr. Gary Miller, who served as commissioner of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation from 1982 to 1988, he was taken off the medications Miller had prescribed for him. After that, he was placed in the general prison population. (Navasota Examiner, TX)