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The Hawaii Department of Health and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are proposing solutions on how to keep mentally ill criminal defendants out of prison.

A Ravenna landmark might be the site for a program designed to keep youth from entering the juvenile detention system.

A new state law is now in effect, designed to keep Central Texas kids out of the Texas Criminal Justice system.

The next steps in the program are to expand current services in the Crisis Care Diversion Pilot Program, align diversion resources and build the diversion center.

The rapidly growing city also experienced more assaults, more arrests and more stolen cars.

EXCLUSIVE: Diversion aims to take those with mental illness out of the justice system and get them help — but some participants fall through the cracks. Here’s a look at SLO County’s program.

Instead of jail-time, a restaurant job could be waiting for some individuals facing non-violent criminal charges in Fairfax County if they finish a newly launched job training program. The Pathfinder Kitchen initiative unveiled Monday (Jan. 8) by the Fairfax County Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney builds on the office’s nascent Taking Root diversion program, which

Police reported that overall crime increased by 14% in 2023.

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — House Bill 3186 went into effect at the beginning of the year. This new law creates an alternative to fines for minors charged with Class C misdemeanors. HB 3186 applies to minors with petty offenses and possession of alcohol, it gives minors the chance to enroll in a diversion program […]

A new law went into effect in Texas on Monday that seeks to identify at-risk youth, divert them away from criminal behavior and keep them out of the penal syste