Researchers recommend more funding for a program that diverts people with behavioral health conditions away from the criminal justice system after a new report showed that program has been successful at keeping recidivism rates low.

Out of the 669 people who graduated from the county’s Rapid Diversion Program since it began five years ago, 91% have avoided having a new criminal case filed, according to a study released last week by the Santa Monica-based RAND corporation.

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Researchers recommend more funding for a program that diverts people with behavioral health conditions away from the criminal justice system after <a href="https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA3385-1.html">a new report showed</a> that program has been successful at keeping recidivism rates low.</p>
<p>Out of the 669 people who graduated from the county’s Rapid Diversion Program since it began five years ago, 91% have avoided having a new criminal case filed, according to a study released last week by the Santa Monica-based RAND corporation.</p>

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