Dane County Drug Court
 
According to the pamphlet handed out in court, the mission of Dane County Drug Court is to reduce crimes committed in Dane County by people with substance abuse problems.  The program offers educational and employment linkages that help defendants become productive members of the Dane community. 

Goals and Benefits: Breaking the cycle of drugs and crime.  Reducing criminal justice costs by reducing drug addiction and street crime.  Reducing incarceration for particpants who present a low risk to public safty. 

Eligibility: 18 years old.  Dane resident.  No adjudication or conviction for violent felony offense.  No pending violent misdemeanor charges.  diagnosis of controlled subtance abuse or dependency and a willingness to address this issue in treatment.  Criminal case referred to DCTP must be for felony cahgre.  No misdemeanor only referrals effective July 1, 2011. 

For more information, see the pamphlet below that is provided by the Courts.

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