Mar 27, 2025 | Criminal Justice, Featured
Diversion Hub Expands to Canadian County The Diversion Hub celebrated opening a second location in Canadian County with an open house in El Reno on March 21. The event was attended by board members, partner organizations, participants and community stakeholders....
Mar 10, 2025 | Criminal Justice, Featured, Historically Under Resourced Communities, Homelessness
Impact Spotlight: Homeless Alliance, TEEM, Nonprofit Incubator Our partners do amazing work, and we think it’s important to highlight them for all they do for the people they serve. Homeless Alliance: Those experiencing homelessness have found a haven at Homeless...
Feb 13, 2025 | Criminal Justice, Featured
Locked In: How Oklahoma’s Harsh Sentences and Parole Process Keep People Behind Bars In October of 2024, an interim study examined Oklahoma’s uniquely lengthy criminal sentencing. The study, requested by Rep. Danny Williams (R-Seminole), also examined the...
Jul 25, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Featured
Diversion Hub: Bright Future, Current Successes Diversion Hub connects justice-involved individuals to social services and programs to minimize their contact with the criminal legal system — reducing the pressure on Oklahoma’s jail and prisons. Clients receive various...
Jul 2, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Featured
Live Free OKC: Impact on Gun Homicides in Northeast OKC Live Free OKC hosted a press conference on July 1, 2024, to give a status update on gun homicides in Northeast OKC. Live Free OKC, founded in August of 2023, aims to dramatically reduce gun violence in impacted...
Jun 28, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Featured
Diversion Programs Successfully Lower Incarceration Rates OSBI’s most recent crime reporting shows that in 2021 the crime rate in Oklahoma City was 77.88 per 1,000 residents, compared to 102.72 per 1,000 in Tulsa. Additional reporting by the FBI shows that crimes...
