The state has always had a shortage of beds for mentally ill inmates, but without North Texas State Hospital in Vernon, the situation will be much worse, Travis County coreectional officials said.

Ervin escaped the North Texas State Hospital in Vernon, near the Oklahoma border, on June 26. Staff said hospital security video showed Ervin leaving his room and scaling an eight-foot security fence ...

Ervin escaped the North Texas State Hospital in Vernon, near the Oklahoma border, on June 26. Staff said hospital security video showed Ervin leaving his room and scaling an eight-foot security ...

VERNON, Texas (KEYE) - A police department in North Texas says a patient with Austin ties who was committed at the North Texas State Hospital after being acquitted by reason of insanity for ...

Staff at the North Texas State Hospital in Vernon, near the Oklahoma border, told police he escaped Sunday night. As of Wednesday, June 29, 2022, he remains at large.

Vernon is home to the North Texas State Hospital, Texas' only maximum security mental health facility. It is the only place in Texas where violent accused criminals get treatment designed to ...