PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – In a Wednesday press conference, Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson and other county leaders addressed plans for a deflection center that continues to incur criticism ...
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Legal deflection programs for support services, not arrest, available in one-third of states as of 2024
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, ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Multnomah County deflection center that will serve as a touch point for drug users who wish to avoid jail time and instead opt for addiction treatment is set to open its ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — It’s been one year since Multnomah County launched an $8 million program meant to give people caught with drugs a choice: a jail cell or support. Around that same time, Oregon ...
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