The messy saga over who will provide jail diversion services in Atlanta ended last week, after an online back-and-forth between the city and the nonprofit that's led the effort for years. Why it ...

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has warned local government chairmen in Nigeria not to get involved ...

PAD provides what are known as jail diversion services, which keeps people in Atlanta who face arrest from going to jail and provides resources to help them with social services instead.

The city is launching “neighborhood wellness courts,” a diversion program designed to issue citations and offer addiction treatment and other services in lieu of misdemeanor sentences.

Diversion programs are making a big difference ... which are growing even as the jail itself saves money with them. The Oklahoma Policy Institute, a statewide think tank, explains online: State ...

The Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative has provided prearrest diversion services to the city since it was founded in 2017.

Pipe dream? Illusion? Delusion? False hope? Pie in the sky? Or a new Oklahoma County Detention Center? It depends on who you ...

The mayor signed an executive order that gives the police department the option to make a summary arrest instead of a misdemeanor arrest for certain drug offenses.

All four candidates for District 1 Oklahoma County commissioner said the jail is the first thing they want to fix. The seat ...