Massachusetts police chiefs are in familiar territory as they fight for funding for a mental health program that seeks to divert individuals in crisis from arrest, as Gov. Maura Healey looks to slash ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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, ...

(The Center Square) – A new bill in the California Legislature would block violent criminals from accessing mental health diversion programs to avoid criminal penalties. Senate Bill 1373, introduced ...

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 ...

When it comes to reducing mass incarceration, some solutions are actually staring us right in the face. That is certainly the case when it comes to diversion programs in the state of Kansas. Although ...

Unlike incarceration, the LIMA program is free and focused on support, not punishment.

The Gwinnett County Solicitor-General’s Office announced it would expand a pre-trial diversion program to resolve misdemeanor ...