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MICHIGAN (WNEM) - Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist signed bipartisan legislation which is aimed at transforming Michigan’s juvenile justice system and investing in diversion and re-entry services to set up ...

The Youth Diversion Office in Mitchell is looking to keep kids out of incarceration with a new kind of program that compliments its existing court diversion resources. Davison County is one of three ...

A $16 million effort by King County to send most juvenile criminal cases to community-based diversion programs, rather than the court system, is struggling to meet its goals, a county report shows.

SEATTLE — King County is pumping the brakes on a diversion program meant to keep young people away from the criminal justice system. Referrals to Restorative Community Pathways (RCP) are on pause for ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Monroe County's Juvenile Enhanced Diversion Stabilization (JEDS) program, launched in 2023 to address rising youth crime, is showing successful results, according to county ...

INDIANAPOLIS – A program designed to divert juveniles from the criminal justice system is expanding in Indianapolis, giving more teens facing low-level, non-violent charges an opportunity to avoid ...

Advocates heralded a series of bills aimed at overhauling Michigan's juvenile justice system signed into law Tuesday while urging lawmakers to pass one more piece of legislation ensuring legal ...

LANSING, Mich. — Legislation aimed at improving juvenile justice in the state passed in the Michigan House and Senate Tuesday. Supported by Attorney General Dana Nessel, multiple House and Senate ...

Jill Mencke, a youth justice analyst at the Oklahoma Policy Institute, said early judgments made about children who cross paths with the police or others in the justice system can negatively affect ...