A drug court is coming to a Washtenaw County courthouse in the near future. Last night, the county’s Board of Commissioners voted to approve a grant to create it.
The grant would provide a little more than $357,000 for one year to establish a drug court for the 14-A District Court. This would be supervised by Judge Anna Frushour. The specialty court would focus more on treatment and rehabilitation for non-violent offenders who are suffering from substance abuse.
Justin Hodge is the chair of the Board of Commissioners.
“Drug courts typically are used as a way to reduce burden and the cost of constantly processing low level, non-violent crime as a tool to be able to help people get the care that they need.”
Hodge says drug courts in other cities have shown evidence that they reduce recidivism and substance abuse.
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