After a judge allowed Scrivner to enter into a mental health rehabilitation program following felony child abuse charges, his ...

The Cherokee County Solicitor-General announced the start of a new diversion program for first-time offenders who violate ...

A new bill in the California Legislature would block violent criminals from accessing mental health diversion programs to ...

A judge ruled a Ventura County Sheriff's deputy seeking mental health diversion for PTSD as "unsuitable" and will instead face criminal prosecution.

More than two and a half years ago, Christian Hornburg was attacked by a man with a metal pipe at a Santa Monica train station, and he still is suffering physically and mentally from the incident. The ...

A Yolo County Superior Court judge denied a prosecutor's motion to terminate mental health diversion for an accused man, ruling instead that additional supervision and treatment were warranted.

Following his completion of a diversion program, criminal charges have been dismissed against a former supervising deputy probation officer accused of felony assault involving a minor at a juvenile ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif — A bill moving through the California Legislature would tighten access to mental health diversion programs ...

CALIFORNIA, USA — In a rare show of bipartisan support, a new bill moving through the California Legislature aims to tighten the state’s pretrial mental health diversion program by clarifying who ...

Nearly three months after county supervisors got what one might call a statistical splash of cold water about who’s sitting ...