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An initiative that engages young people in the "teachable moment" when they are detained by police, is achieving success in preventing reoffending.
Created by the Metropolitan Police and run in conjunction with the New Era Foundation, formerly the Milestone Foundation, the Divert scheme aims to help 18- to 25-year-olds into sustainable employment, training and education opportunities, and reduce victims of crime.
Now in its third year, the programme was piloted in Brixton and has subsequently been rolled out to six custody suites in the capital. The sites in Brixton, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham, Croydon, Wood Green and Hackney have trained custody intervention coaches (CIC) who can approach suitable detainees in custody.
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