Voters will decide between Wesley Buchanan and Melissa Roubic, who are seeking a Portage County Municipal Court bench.

The state’s competency waitlists continue to be too long and the services people get through the program don’t usually get at ...

Senate Bill 1323 took effect in January. Judges must now decide if it's "in the interest of justice" for certain defendants to be restored to competency or placed in an alternative program. Fewer ...

Nearly a dozen students celebrated a unique graduation ceremony Monday afternoon, marking their successful completion of the Texas Youth Diversion Program. The program, spearheaded by Justice of the ...

“What’s next is further evaluation to see how this compares to traditional prosecution to see which was most effective,” said Casey McNerthney, director of communications for the King County ...

Under the initiative, officers can forgo charging individuals experiencing mental or behavioral health disorders — instead, ...

The plan empowers the district's armed school safety officers to handle misdemeanors and infractions without calling local ...

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — A unique program is stirring up change in Pine Bluff, aiming to transform the lives of young people with a "hustlepreneur" mentality. This youth diversion initiative, rooted ...

A King County program intended to help juvenile criminal offenders has been put on hold due to a lack of effectiveness. Following results that show over half of juveniles referred to King County’s ...