After a lengthy debate, Washington County justices of the peace on Thursday endorsed a proposal to fund the Returning Home ...

A man accused of shooting and killing a woman before killing himself Oct. 17 in Winchester avoided jail time last month in a ...

The closure of Los Angeles County’s Men’s Central Jail will be a herculean task, requiring numerous steps over time to empty ...

Oklahoma City's Diversion Hub, a $19 million MAPS 4 project, is set to open in April, offering resources to help low-level ...

More than five dozen detainees at the Fulton County Jail are currently sleeping on the floor, while a new diversion center ...

Restorative justice programs and other alternatives to incarceration can help prevent harm and promote healing, while keeping ...

Community Corrections Director Barbara Caskey said one of the first questions that arose when the county began receiving ...

Richard Jue, formerly chief of staff to Sheriff Paul Miyamoto, is avoiding a criminal conviction for leaving the scene of an ...

RCMP Supt. Darin Rappel said officers have already begun training and will soon begin referring individuals who meet the ...

The Omaha City Council will vote on an amended ordinance to ban all homeless encampments at the city council meeting on ...

With an award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a team led by Brown University researchers will conduct the first ...

The Omaha City Council rejected an ordinance that would have banned homeless encampments on public property on Tuesday on a 5 ...