Posted on December 10, 2019 by Lilia Cabello Drain

Making diversion programs more culturally responsive

Crossposted from Zero Youth Detention

Community Accountability Boards (“CABs”) have served as a diversion program – or alternative to the formal court process – for first-time juvenile misdemeanor cases in King County since 1959. CABs are made up of trained community volunteers who hear juvenile cases and devise a tailored plan of accountability for each young person.