Cuyahoga County plans to shut down its underperforming Diversion Center next year and replace it with a more comprehensive behavioral health crisis facility that officials say will serve a broader ...

County leaders are scrambling to restore a racial justice initiative that voters accidentally repealed, a mistake that could ...

An administrative error led to the inadvertent repeal of a criminal-justice system overhaul measure approved by voters five ...

While officials are exploring an expansion of the detention center, residents are increasingly concerned about the ...

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

The Cascade County Detention Center had a population of 415 on the morning of Oct. 1. The stated capacity of the jail, built around 25 years ago, is 372. Overcrowding isn’t a new issue at the ...

Tiny homes in San Jose may soon house individuals who are in a jail diversion program, but some residents feel blindsided by the news. 24/7 Live San Francisco East Bay South Bay Peninsula North Bay.

“This jail diversion program pegged the nerve meter for most, if not all, of the community in South San Jose,” Issa Ajlouny, president of Safety Advocate for Empowering Residents, or S.A.F.E.R ...

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

“The County wordsmithed ‘jail diversion’ out of the description of the program,” said George Casey, a candidate for City Council and a resident of District 10.

Instead of taking Lee to jail, the officer called the Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative, also known as PAD, Atlanta’s original pre-arrest diversion program that helps vulnerable ...