“Prevention program” means a program, administered by the county, designed to decrease the number of inmates incarcerated in county adult detention facilities by providing alternatives to incarceration, or by providing counseling, diversion, or intervention programs, or by providing both. Alternatives to incarceration, include, but are not limited to, alternative work programs, work furlough programs, half-way houses, and own recognizance services. Counseling, diversion, or intervention programs, include, but are not limited to, drug and alcohol counseling, parole counseling, and pretrial screening.
Source:
Section 26290.7, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=26290.7..