MISSOULA — A jail diversion program in Ravalli County upends important values of the justice system by forcing defendants to pay hundreds of dollars a month in fees before they’re ever found guilty, ...

A jury found that the county did not violate the rights of those who could not pay jail diversion program fees. MTN caught up ...

Boeing has awarded $85,000 to ReMerge’s FutureBound Workforce Readiness Initiative, which offers work certifications for high-risk mothers in a pre-trial prison diversion program that recently ...

Massachusetts police chiefs are in familiar territory as they fight for funding for a mental health program that seeks to ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Sheriffs’ departments in east-central Iowa are having to adjust their approach to helping ...

The Harris County Sheriff's Department is offering some in Houston a second chance. The Harris County Mental Health Jail Diversion Center is one of the first jail diversion centers in the country. The ...

More than a decade ago, Bexar County was a leader in diversion, recognizing that people with mental health and substance-use conditions are better served in settings other than jail. That work began ...

MADISON, Wis. -- A man was declared AWOL from the Dane County Jail Diversion Program after cutting off his GPS monitoring bracelet Friday night, the Dane County Sheriff's Office said. Ronald Beck Jr., ...