Some people suspected of low-level crimes are able to avoid becoming entangled in the criminal justice system through a ...

More than two and a half years ago, Christian Hornburg was attacked by a man with a metal pipe at a Santa Monica train station, and he still is suffering physically and mentally from the incident. The ...

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Atlanta's PAD program is struggling to provide mental health services, respite housing, healthcare and legal services due to ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lancaster County has added a new type of diversion to its system, with a program aimed at substance abuse recovery. The program will target individuals with misdemeanors or ...

Black residents account for only 34% of the people diverted into an alternative treatment program called Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion. (Cathleen F. Crowley & Eduardo Medina / Times Union) A year ...

New York’s revolving-door justice for serial perps extends far beyond the no-bail law: “Diversion” programs are yet another way progressives keep dangerous offenders from facing serious consequences — ...

A bill proposed by Michigan Rep. Sarah Lightner (R-Springport) to create a prison diversion program for those suspected of ...

The Los Angeles Police Department’s system for diverting kids who are detained for crimes into support programs, rather than courts and jail cells, came under fire during a Tuesday meeting of the ...