MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — Two teen boys who vandalized a Mercer Island middle school with antisemitic and vulgar images will undertake a court-based diversion program, prosecutors said Monday. On the ...

SEATTLE — King County is pumping the brakes on a diversion program meant to keep young people away from the criminal justice system. Referrals to Restorative Community Pathways (RCP) are on pause for ...

Since 2021, the King County Prosecutor’s Office has referred youth accused of misdemeanors and those facing nonviolent felony charges to a coalition of nonprofits. But now prosecutors say recidivism ...

After a recent report from Baltimore’s Office of Inspector General about a juvenile diversion program indicated a lack of data management, the city’s top prosecutor warned legal action may be next.