The Fifteenth Circuit Treatment Courts are judicially supervised programs that reduce correctional costs, enhance community safety and improve public welfare. In Treatment Court, seriously addicted individuals remain in treatment for nine (9) to eighteen (18) months while under close supervision. To ensure accountability, Treatment Court participants are regularly and randomly tested for substance use; required to appear frequently in court for the Judge to review their progress; required to attend weekly treatment sessions; rewarded for meeting goals, and sanctioned for not meeting clearly stated obligations.
The 15th Circuit Treatment Courts restore lives, reunite families and make communities safer all while saving taxpayers money.