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Post-booking diversion programs identify and divert individuals with mental illness after they have been arrested and at or after booking. In some cases, individuals are diverted later in the process, including at disposition or sentencing. In collaboration with prosecutors, public defenders, community-based treatment providers and the courts, diversion staff develop and implement a plan for diversion and linkage to an appropriate array of community-based services. As a result of diversion, the individual spends significantly less time in jail (pretrial detention and/or as a sentence). In addition, charges may be reduced or dropped upon the individuals’ successful program completion.