As of September 1, 2024, there are 17 states with clear deflection pathways articulated in state law, steering people with substance use and/or mental health disorders away from incarceration, ...

As the start date for Oregon's new law recriminalizing drug possession nears, more than a half dozen counties have not set up programs for people arrested with narcotics to avoid immediate jail time.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Little has changed after a week and a half of Oregon’s recriminalization of hard drugs and the launch of Multnomah County's new deflection system, according to the president of ...