Diversion News Archive

Writing in USA Today, former New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman argues that incarceration isn't appropriate for everyone, including some violent offenders, and he cites our Brooklyn Mental Health Court as a model alternative.

New Jersey Monthly profiles Judge Victoria Pratt and her work developing a problem-solving approach to low-level cases at our Newark Community Solutions.

Our director, Greg Berman, reviews two new books he says offer "a healthy corrective to the pessimistic narratives about criminal justice."

From our partner court in Olympia, Washington, to our Midtown Community Court in Manhattan, US News & World Report profiles the many advances in community justice across the country, calling the Center for Court Innovation the "nonprofit engine of the community court movement."

Sam Roberts includes our book, Start Here: A Road Map to Reducing Mass Incarceration, in his fall reading roundup. 

As Scotland looks to reduce its use of incarceration and improve outcomes for the justice-involved, a report on the recent visit and testimony before Parliament of our director, Greg Berman, and the inspiration reformers there are taking from our Red Hook Community Justice Center.

Judge Victoria Pratt, who helped launch Newark Community Solutions, and Julian Adler, co-author of Start Here, explain to Fresh Air host Terry Gross what can be done right now to reduce the number of people sent to jail and prison.

New York City's supervised release program is a nominee for the prestigious Innovations in American Government Award from Harvard University's Ash Center. As part of the initiative overseen by the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, we provide supervised release in three of New York City's five boroughs to thousands of defendants every year, helping them avoid incarceration simply because they cannot afford bail.

An audio profile of Project Reset, our diversion program for low-level offenses, begun as a pilot project for teens, now expanding Manhattan-wide for all ages.

A report on our Community Court Grant Program partner, the Restorative Justice Community Court, and its work, inspired by the Red Hook Community Justice Center, to create a new form of accountability for youthful defendants on Chicago's West Side.