Different Types of Drug Courts
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Drug Treatment Courts are defined under Michigan Compiled Law 600.1060(c). These courts are defined as "a court-supervised treatment program for individuals who abuse or are dependent upon any controlled substance or alcohol." These treatment court offer an alternative to imprisonment for nonviolent criminal offenders with substance use disorders.
Drug court have grown overtime and now include different models to serve specific subsets of offenders. They all share the same therapeutic jurisprudence model, but they each have their own program- specific components to meet the need of its participants |
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Success Rates
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During 2014 and 2015, Michigan's Drug Courts discharged 5,669 participants. Out of those participants, 62% had successfully completed a program, 33% were unsuccessfully discharged due to being absconded, non compliant or committing a new offense, and 5% were discharged for some other reason
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Unemployment Rates Among Treatment Court Graduates Cut Significantly
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