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, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — It’s been one year since Multnomah County launched an $8 million program meant to give people caught with drugs a choice: a jail cell or support. Around that same time, Oregon ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Multnomah County deflection center that will serve as a touch point for drug users who wish to avoid jail time and instead opt for addiction treatment is set to open its ...

Multnomah County will shell out an additional $1.8 million to pay for construction and upgrades to its deflection center, built to give drug users an alternative to arrest. The Board of Commissioners ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Since Sunday, four people in Portland have been connected to recovery services under a program called "deflection," including two during a police mission on Sunday, the first day that ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — New details are emerging about Multnomah County’s proposed deflection center set to open in a couple of weeks, including what defines “deflection.” This all comes following the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — At a work session Tuesday morning, Multnomah County commissioners deliberated over potential changes to the county's drug deflection regime, a response to the program's lackluster ...