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Prosecutor outlines pre-file diversion pilot to route eligible felony arrestees to community services
Summary
Spokane-area prosecutors proposed a voluntary pre-file diversion program for eligible nonviolent felony arrestees that would offer a six-month community-services engagement and, if conditions are met, the prosecutor’s office will not file charges. The program would start small and rely on court and jail coordination.
A prosecutor’s office representative described a new pre-file diversion program the council is developing to offer certain people arrested for nonviolent felony offenses an opportunity to receive community services instead of immediate charging.
Speaker 7, who presented the plan to the SRLJC, said the program would focus on people appearing on the first-appearance docket. “These are gonna be for folks on the first appearance docket, and they're gonna be cases where the prosecutor's office is deciding not to file charges at all,” Speaker 7 said. The program would be voluntary and require participants to engage with community services for six months. “If they can do that for 6…
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