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Perspective

Feb. 1, 2012

A few clarifications about the drug court model

Readers comment on "Counties look to drug courts to help rehabilitate prisoners."

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

Thank you for your article ("Counties look to drug courts to help rehabilitate prisoners," Jan. 24) regarding the potential for collaborative treatment courts to rehabilitate state prisoners. However, we would like to respond to several assertions in the article that are misleading or inaccurate with regard to collaborative courts based on the drug court model.

The article states that a drug court judge can handl...

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