A proposed state law offers non-violent offenders the chance to change ‘their lives, support their families and pay restitution to those they’ve harmed.’ ...

A Yolo County judge denied a request to release an unhoused man with mental health needs to an available treatment bed, ruling that he posed a public safety risk after violating a criminal protective ...

Soft-on-crime judges and prosecutors are using diversion programs as cover to keep even the worst repeat offenders out of prison, and the innocent New Yorkers they’re supposed to protect are paying ...

When former Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner entered a federal diversion program to avoid prosecution last month, she was the beneficiary of the exact type of program she let fall to pieces in her own ...

Oct. 23—Rogers County Youth Services has launched a program to deter juvenile offenders from committing more serious offenses in the future. Herb McSpadden, the nonprofit's director, said the program ...

The program provides a way for defendants to be diverted from the criminal justice system to appropriate mental health ...

This year, Seattle officials are putting a stronger emphasis on services for people arrested for public drug use. Supporters ...

A criminal justice reform advocate who thrived after completing a diversion program says lawmakers should back a bill that ...