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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...