Diversion Derailed

Diversion Derailed: What Do Participant Perspectives Teach Us About The True Meaning Of “Diversion” From The Criminal Punishment System?, a report by the National Black Women’s Justice Institute and Interrupting Criminalization, examines diversion programs from the perspective of the people they impact the most — participants themselves — and offers recommendations for program evaluation and creation of community-based programs that genuinely divert people from the criminal punishment system toward sustainable well-being.