After months of tension with the City of Atlanta, a nonprofit that provides resources to help people in crisis avoid jail has rejected a new contract, according to the city.“The City offered to extend ...

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 ...

Emergency room admissions for people overdosing in Palm Beach County decreased by 19% as the county launches a new online dashboard and prepares for a "state-of-the-art Crisis Center for Mental Health ...

These days, it’s not a good time to be a public building past prime in downtown Terre Haute, with several demolition projects ...

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.

York County will soon launch the equivalent of an adult diversion program with funding from a $1.3 million U.S. Department of ...

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

We’re headed into the Somerset County Jail. Madison, Maine. So this is the entrance. This is for weapons clearing only. In ...

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