Chief Diversity Officer Ainsley Thomas has been appointed to the Albany County Felony Youth Diversion Board by Albany District Attorney David Soares.
The Felony Youth Diversion Program seeks to engage the entire community in redirecting youth away from the criminal justice system. Candidates for the program are screened through a structured Diversion Board process. Once accepted, eligible participants, who are aged 16 to 24 and charged with certain felonies, are offered the opportunity to take accountability for criminal wrongdoing, repair harm to any victimized party, and become contributing members of community – all without the stigma of a felony criminal conviction or time served in state prison.
D.A. Soares views Thomas’s appointment as creating a pathway for selected candidates into the Educational Opportunity Center or the college’s 24- Credit Hour program if they have not completed high school.
Published: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 12:05:19 +0000 by z.obrey