The San Francisco probation department submitted a budget proposal to provide the same services a city-contracted nonprofit already does.

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 ...

A new grant-funded team will help the Public Defender’s Office support clients eligible for mental health diversion.

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

A Grand Traverse County jail diversion program kept 80% of referrals out of jail in its first year. Sheriff Michael Shea now hopes to expand it.

In this carrot-and-stick program, if a person graduates, the felony is reduced to a misdemeanor and the sentence is three years of probation, with the time spent in the program counting toward that ...

A former contract employee for the city of Lakeland charged with stealing – and then pawning – several items from the city was given 18 months of supervised probation on Wednesday and put into a ...