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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Orange County commissioners approved a resolution Tuesday morning endorsing a pilot program intended to steer adults accused of low-level misdemeanor crimes away from jail. The program, unveiled last ...

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 ...