The two teenagers accused of vandalizing a middle school on Mercer Island in January will enter a court-let diversion program ...

MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — Two teen boys who vandalized a Mercer Island middle school with antisemitic and vulgar images will undertake a court-based diversion program, prosecutors said Monday. On the ...

Since 2021, the King County Prosecutor’s Office has referred youth accused of misdemeanors and those facing nonviolent felony charges to a coalition of nonprofits. But now prosecutors say recidivism ...

SEATTLE — King County is pumping the brakes on a diversion program meant to keep young people away from the criminal justice system. Referrals to Restorative Community Pathways (RCP) are on pause for ...

After a recent report from Baltimore’s Office of Inspector General about a juvenile diversion program indicated a lack of data management, the city’s top prosecutor warned legal action may be next.