Houston Public Media

Harris County commissioners direct jail leaders to bolster mental health diversion programs

Seventy-three percent of inmates in the jail are currently taking psychotropic medication, according to county data, while 77 ...

Bexar County inmates are caught in a deadly crisis. A diversion center could change this.

Building a diversion center is the first step toward breaking the chain of sorrow at the jail..
fox17online

Houston offering low-level offenders a second chance through jail diversion center

The Harris County Sheriff's Department is offering some in Houston a second chance. The Harris County Mental Health Jail Diversion Center is one of the first jail diversion centers in the country. The ...

Jail deaths, overcrowding and new jail loom over Nirenberg–Sakai race

The Bexar County Adult Detention Center is overcrowded and understaffed. Sheriff Javier Salazar says it's "bursting at the ...

Nonviolent offenders with mental illness could be spared jail if center opens

The city of San Antonio will spend $30,000 to study a mental health diversion center to steer low-level offenders to care, ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta City Council approves jail diversion program contract

Atlanta City Council members on Monday approved the city’s contract with the Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative after months on hold while the Dickens administration considered other ...