As Sarasota County grapples with a burgeoning jail population, debating a $700 million expansion, programs seek to curb ...

Appeals court petitioned to reverse controversial mental health diversion ruling in racially charged assault case.

The San Francisco Public Defender's Office is criticizing the District Attorney for overzealous and wasteful prosecutions of ...

The State Auditors of Public Accounts found that a program designed to allow for prosecutorial diversion in family violence cases did not use state-sanctioned treatment providers for offenders, as ...

Deputies found him passed out being the wheel with the engine still running and with an open container.Deputy: “I can’t help but see there was a beer in the center console. Have you been drinking ...

A domestic dispute that ended up outside of the Linn County Sheriff's Office and Jail resulted in an Albany woman pleading ...

County Counsel for Los Angeles County made a grave error when they failed to codify Measure J (criminal justice reform) into the County’s Charter after voters approved the bill to dedicate hundreds of ...

Eight months after Measure G passed, some in the county are just now realizing they unwittingly committed an administrative ...

"The DeKalb County jail is experiencing overcrowding and poor and unhoused people will be trapped in jail because of their ...

This bill isn’t about improving public safety, it’s about doubling-down on the criminalization of those most in need of care.

Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig has paused referrals to mental health and addiction intervention courts in favor of ...

Three more of the 10 inmates who busted out of a New Orleans facility in a high-profile jailbreak were recaptured in two different states, authorities said on May 26. Lenton Vanburen, Leo Tate ...