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City describes special-services docket and Better Way employment program as alternatives to traditional prosecution
Summary
Presenters described Tulsa’s special-services docket, which connects low-level misdemeanor defendants to clinical and social services, and Better Way, a city-funded program that hires people to clean public space while offering case-management and job connections.
City presenters described two programs the Human Rights Commission said have been used to address underlying causes of low-level offenses and to connect people experiencing homelessness to services.
A presenter described the special-services docket as "an alternative to traditional prosecuting and sentencing of individuals that are charged with low level municipal misdemeanor offenses," noting the…
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