Fulton County’s diversion center was designed to serve more than 40 people a day, but on average serves just three people a ...

The diversion center would shift low-level offenders from jail to treatment, aiming to reduce overcrowding and in turn, ...

Seventy-three percent of inmates in the jail are currently taking psychotropic medication, according to county data, while 77 ...

The Harris County Sheriff's Department is offering some in Houston a second chance. The Harris County Mental Health Jail Diversion Center is one of the first jail diversion centers in the country. The ...

An effective diversion program would reduce jail overcrowding, save taxpayer dollars and save lives, but doing it right makes ...

Launched in 2020, the Transformative Justice Program is a felony-diversion program for youth and emerging adults.

MADISON (WKOW) -- The Dane County Sheriff's Office asked for the public's help searching for a woman declared AWOL from the jail diversion program. Deputies received an alert around 4:00 p.m. on ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Sheriffs’ departments in east-central Iowa are having to adjust their approach to helping ...

MADISON, Wis. -- A man was declared AWOL from the Dane County Jail Diversion Program after cutting off his GPS monitoring bracelet Friday night, the Dane County Sheriff's Office said. Ronald Beck Jr., ...

The County State's Attorney's Office has finalized a pilot diversion program, one of three state-funded programs that will ...