Breaking the cycle of youthful incarceration. That’s the goal of a collection of agencies who believe that there are alternatives to doing time in jail which can help prevent a life of crime. For the ...

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office is implementing a pre-arrest diversion program to help adults who commit minor offenses stay out of jail, but local faith leaders advocating for the effort were ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Faith leaders gathered Tuesday night, advocating for civil citations as opposed to arrests. The meeting that included ICARE -- the Interfaith Coalition for Action, Reconciliation ...

State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden announced she would implement an adult civil citation program in Escambia, creating a means to hold nonviolent offenders accountable for crimes without putting a ...

With support from local law enforcement, State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden this summer drastically widened the scope of Escambia County's juvenile civil citation program in an effort to divert youth ...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Hillsborough County has rolled out a new system designed to reduce recidivism rates among juvenile offenders. The program utilizes civil citations for low-level ...

A person walks into Walmart, steals some Easter candy for their children and is arrested on charges of petit theft. The cost to process that arrest would be around $5,000, and yet another first-time ...