Michael Holder grew up in south Oklahoma City drinking and doing drugs. By age 40, he'd been stabbed, arrested and even shot in the neck with a 9 mm pistol. The bullet missed his spine by 2 ...

One of the biggest misconceptions today is that compassion and accountability are opposites. They are not. In therapeutic ...

Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge William Meehan, Magdalen Czykier, assistant prosecutor in the Essex County Mental Health Court Prosecutor’s Office, Corey Shdaimah affiliated with Philadelphia’s ...

A pilot program intended to redirect people with serious mental illness into treatment as an alternative to criminal prosecution is coming to New Mexico's busiest courthouse. The Bernalillo County ...

Court Diversion Eligibility Screener increases access to justice, preserves judicial resources, and helps streamline civil caseload management NEW YORK, June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National ...

The Supreme Court of Ohio’s Juvenile Diversion Task Force released a report earlier this month detailing their findings. Juvenile diversion is a way for people under 18 to avoid going through the ...

The Commons and the Bartholomew County Courthouse are reflected on a window of the old Colliers building on Washington Street in downtown Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Mike Wolanin | The ...

A Yolo County Superior Court judge denied a request for judicial diversion for a 67-year-old woman battling advanced cancer, ...

Yolo County’s Mental Health Diversion Court recently celebrated the graduation of another participant. Just over a year after entering Yolo County’s Mental Health Diversion Court, Esther Bibriesca ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michael Holder, a peer recovery support specialist, is pictured Nov. 29 at the Oklahoma County Diversion Hub in Oklahoma City.