PORTLAND, Ore. — It's been nearly a year since Multnomah County opened its deflection center in Portland's Central Eastside, its original role envisioned as a place for law enforcement to take people ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — It's been one year since Multnomah County launched an $8 million program meant to give people caught with ...
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, ...