A new grant-funded team will help the Public Defender’s Office support clients eligible for mental health diversion.

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 ...

A Yolo County Superior Court judge denied a prosecutor's motion to terminate mental health diversion for an accused man, ruling instead that additional supervision and treatment were warranted.

State lawmakers have moved a proposal to standardize and expand programs that divert children to alternatives to the criminal justice system after they’re arrested. Supporters say the approach yields ...

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 ...

The Cherokee County Solicitor-General announced the start of a new diversion program for first-time offenders who violate ...

For some folks in New Orleans, a mistake won’t automatically mean a criminal record or jail time. “It’s a first-time program ...

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 ...

CALIFORNIA, USA — In a rare show of bipartisan support, a new bill moving through the California Legislature aims to tighten the state’s pretrial mental health diversion program by clarifying who ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif — A bill moving through the California Legislature would tighten access to mental health diversion programs ...