Michael Morrison stands in the game room of The Spare Time Bowling venue where he works in Trussville, Alabama on Thursday February 29, 2024. Michael is a graduate of a local diversion program ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 46, allowing judges to exercise greater discretion over inmates' release through mental health ...

ORANGE AND OSCEOLA HAS PROMISED TO SUSPEND SOME PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAMS, WHICH HELPS FIRST TIME OFFENDERS AVOID CONVICTIONS AND CRIMINAL RECORDS. BUT WESH 2 NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER GREG BOX ...

In his first morning as state attorney, Andrew Bain made immediate and sweeping changes: He fired two executive staff members and discontinued the office’s diversion programs while he “evaluate[s] ...

Gavin Newsom has signed into law a change to criminal sentencing practices that gives judges more discretion to decide ...

When a person with no criminal history is charged with a non-violent, misdemeanor offense, the prosecutor has several choices, including getting the case dismissed or pursuing a conviction. Diversion ...

When police get suspected drug abusers treatment rather than arresting them, those people are less likely to abuse drugs or commit drug-related crimes in the future, new, limited research finds. This ...