The program will function somewhat like probation, with employment and treatment requirements tailored to each individual, though this process can begin before charges are ever filed.

The Bexar County Adult Detention Center is overcrowded and understaffed. Sheriff Javier Salazar says it's "bursting at the seams," and in recent years, the county has poured millions into overtime for ...

A proposed state law offers non-violent offenders the chance to change ‘their lives, support their families and pay ...

The city hopes the new diversion and reentry program will reduce recidivism. Participants must be nonviolent and need no ...

When answering the question of what percentage of criminal charges in Calgary end in conviction, there is a complex picture ...

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

MARTHA HALLORAN IS 26 YEARS OLD, AND SHE’S BEEN PART OF THE NASHOBA LEARNING GROUP FOR MOST OF HER LIFE. WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO ON FRIDAYS AND ON TUESDAYS? WARREN CHILL. VOLUNTEERING. YOU GOT IT.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - More people who have a serious mental illness now have the opportunity to have their charges dropped if they volunteer for a treatment program. On Tuesday, the Bernalillo ...

(The Center Square) – As Olympia faces another shortfall, state health care officials said Monday that the governor’s supplemental budget proposal could impact Washington’s Recovery Navigator Program.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court is launching a program to divert newly arrested people with mental illness from the justice system to treatment. The competency diversion ...