She is ending the relationship due to questions about the court’s cost and effectiveness.
Seattle is ending participation in the criminal justice system called City Attorney Ann Davison is ending the relationship due to questions about the court’s cost and effectiveness.
Instead, the office said they will use pre-filing diversion services, which works to provide some people that would normally go into the criminal justice system the opportunity to instead accept responsibility for their actions by providing a service to the community or engaging in positive social activities before any charges get filed.
Defendants can opt into the Community Court program, or go through the traditional justice system. The court was in order to significantly address racial disproportionality in the criminal justice system as well as divert people from criminal charges that might not be as effective in reducing crime.
According to statistics from the City Attorney’s Office, only 22% of participants ever completed the Community Court process and engaged with diversion services. The recidivism rate of Community Court for two years after the engagement was 52% compared to a recidivism rate with pre-filing diversion of 23% over the same span of time.
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