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Hosted by: Doug McVay
Produced by: KBOO
Program: Prison Pipeline
Air date: Mon, 09/05/2016 – 6:30pm to 7:00pm
Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) is a pre-booking diversion pilot program. It was originally developed with the community to address low-level drug and prostitution crimes in the Belltown neighborhood in Seattle and the Skyway area of unincorporated King County. The program allows law enforcement officers to redirect low-level offenders engaged in drug or prostitution activity to community-based services, instead of jail and prosecution.
Since its inception in 2011, LEAD has proven to be a success. Cities around the country — including Portland — are considering adoption of a LEAD program. This week on Prison Pipeline, host Doug McVay takes a closer look at this innovative, progressive program with his guest Lisa Daugaard, Director of the Public Defender Association in Seattle, WA.
