First implemented in 2011, LEAD® - Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion - was the nation’s first pre-arrest, pre-booking diversion initiative for drug-related offenses. LEAD forges transformative partnerships of law enforcement, health and service agencies, prosecutors, and civil rights advocates...
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Current criminal justice policies lead 11 million people to enter U.S. jails each year. The effects of short jail sentences and more commonly, pretrial confinement, include loss of jobs and housing; stigma and disenfranchisement from criminal records; diminishment of positive police-community...
Multiple community partners came together creating a single point of entry system within the Care Campus. This effort was done to divert individuals to the right services at the right time. The Care Campus provides a resource for law enforcement to transport familiar faces to the Crisis Care...
System Diversion in Western South Dakota.pdf
Since the United States' high-water mark of incarceration in 2008, there has been a modest decrease in the use of incarceration nationally, with some cities and counties seeing much steeper declines. To drive these reductions, communities have invested in reforms such as alternatives to...
This workshop will use front-end diversion efforts supported by the Innovation Fund in Deschutes and Summit counties as an entry point to engage participants in a systematic examination of how to define an impactful front-end diversion effort that supports participant success and tracks...
Defining a Front End Diversion Intervention (1).pdf
Front-end diversion efforts—occurring at initial contact with law enforcement—can prevent overuse of jail custody and the negative impacts that accrue from pretrial detention and acquiring or adding to a criminal record. This case study examines the experiences of Deschutes County, Oregon, and...
2018.10.11_Front-End-Diversion_finalized.pdf
Webcast materials from the IACP Lunch and Learn broadcast held July 31st, 2018. Topics covered include partnership, police response to individuals sturggling with mental illness and Crisis Intervention Team training. #Diversion #LawEnforcementJails #MentalHealth
This document outlines the Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative (PTACC) formed in April 2017 to advocate for the expanded use of pre-arrest diversion by law enforcement, and advance research efforts for successful program implementation nationwide. This press release includes the...
PTACC Website Launch Press Release July 2018.pdf
NYC’s Enhanced Pre-Arraignment Screening Unit aims to increase capacity to deliver medical care to arrestees before arraignment; improve service coordination across providers; and bolster diversion opportunities for people with behavioral health needs. This presentation encourages individuals to...
Enhanced Pre-Arraignment Screening Unit - May 2018 Network Meeting.pdf
In this webinar from December 2017, staff from PJI provide information on pretrial best practices and respond to questions on issues sites are concerned with. #pretrial #CaseProcessing #Diversion #PretrialAssessment
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