The Sentencing Project offers a wide variety of resources that outline the many benefits of diverting young people away from the justice system. Policy briefs are included and provide practical tools for criminal legal practitioners, youth justice lawmakers, and advocates to implement successful diversion programs.
Many recommendations for expanding and improving diversion are featured along with briefs that offer deeper analysis and practical steps for advocates and system leaders on: addressing disparities in diversion; employing best practices in diversion; using data to better target and improve outcomes in diversion; and messaging effectively to promote diversion reforms.

Interested in hearing from youth with lived experience? Justice-impacted youth voices are also featured and describe how the opportunity to participate in a diversion program had a transformative experience on their life.

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