Harvard researchers are hoping Toledo’s predisposition diversion program could serve as a blueprint to reduce jail populations across the country, and two years from now they’ll have the data to prove it.
The Harvard Access to Justice Lab will run a two-year, randomized controlled trial evaluating Toledo Municipal Court’s Community Diversion Program, which allows repeat offenders facing drug possession, disorderly conduct, and obstructing official business charges to avoid jail time.
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