Opinion: To Truly Reform Criminal Justice, Women Need More Access to Diversion Programs
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Tracie Johnson - March 8, 2021 Growing up in Philadelphia, I witnessed the loving, hard-working, skilled women...
Opinion: Keeping People with Dementia Behind Bars is Cruel
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Rachel Lopez - July 6, 2020 Like the rest of the United States population, the prison population is aging...
A Look into Court-Based Behavioral Health Diversion Interventions
Recognizing that people with behavioral health needs are overrepresented in the criminal justice system, many communities have developed...
Webinar: The Critical Role of Mentors in Veterans Treatment Courts
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 12:00 pm (EST) Veterans Treatment Courts (VTCs) use an interdisciplinary team approach to divert justice involved...
Youth Diversion Programs Helping to Keep Students Out of 'School-to-Prison Pipeline'
Alicia Nieves - January 24, 2020 Schools and prisons probably shouldn’t have much in common, but research on what’s known as the...
People's Hearing on Bail and Pretrial Punishment
From ACLU: "Join Philly Bail Fund on MLK day, January 20, 2020, for a citywide community hearing on ending money bail and pretrial...
District Attorney's Office Launches Diversion Program Intended to Incentivize Addiction Treatmen
Samantha Melamed - December 3, 2019 Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has long argued that people should not be incarcerated...
Defender Association of Philadelphia Launches Pre-Entry Coalition Initiative
Coalition Aims to Support People Who Are Arrested Afea Tucker - November 20, 2019 The Defender Association of Philadelphia launched its...
Justice Center Webinar: Juvenile Diversion
The Essential Role of Juvenile Diversion In 2016, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention began awarding grants to...