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Diversion programmes are initiatives that allow alternatives like treatment for people with mental illness who are caught up in the criminal justice system.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Eventually, that reality caught up to county prosecutors, who released Gonzalez after she spent two days in jail.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Denford’s mission is to interrupt the spinning vortex of negativity in which the world is caught by redirecting our energy instead of contributing one more fiery rebuttal to sexist idiocy.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

AI is moving fast, and I don’t want my data caught up in a version of the technology we haven’t met yet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

‘How did you dare? If they’d caught you… ‘ She made the sign of the hand to ward off evil.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver