Andrea Yates is confined in a Texas state mental hospital and continues to receive long‑term psychiatric treatment; she has not been released.

Current whereabouts

  • Since 2007, Andrea Yates has been held at Kerrville State Hospital, a low‑security state mental facility in Kerrville, Texas.
  • She was moved there after initially being committed to the high‑security North Texas State Hospital in Vernon following her 2006 retrial verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.

Legal and medical status

  • A Texas jury found her not guilty by reason of insanity in 2006, after she drowned her five children in 2001 while suffering from severe mental illness, including postpartum psychosis.
  • By law, she can have her case reviewed annually to assess whether she could leave the hospital, but reports indicate she has repeatedly waived that right and chooses to remain in treatment.

Life in the hospital

  • Reports describe her environment at Kerrville State Hospital as focused on treatment rather than punishment, without prison‑style razor wire or armed guards, and oriented around individualized psychiatric care.
  • Her attorney has said she spends her time in therapeutic routines, including creating artwork, and that proceeds from her art go to a memorial fund that helps screen low‑income women for mental health issues.

Public updates and privacy

  • Recent coverage still identifies Kerrville State Hospital as where she lives, though specific daily details of her condition are kept private for medical and legal confidentiality reasons.
  • Her attorney has stated that she is “where she wants to be” and “where she needs to be,” emphasizing ongoing treatment and stability rather than any plan for release.

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