The Attorney General's Office filed a petition challenging the mental health diversion program granted to former Kern County ...

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 ...

Oct. 23—Rogers County Youth Services has launched a program to deter juvenile offenders from committing more serious offenses in the future. Herb McSpadden, the nonprofit's director, said the program ...

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded a $1 million grant to the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney to grow the OAR Diversion Program. The OAR Diversion Program was created in 2022 in partnership ...

About 20 student volunteers take an oath as they serve on a teen court jury to decide sanctions for a juvenile who has a case in the diversion program at the Hillsborough County Courthouse on Feb. 17 ...

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 ...