Drug Courts
• Drug Courts Repair Lives - Saratoga Post-Star
• Straw confirms expansion of dedicated drugs courts - United Kingdom eGov Monitor
• Drug Court will be Strophy’s legacy - The Olympian
Mental Health Courts
• From a jog to "Law and Order," Genesee County mental health court uses lots of tactics to oversee mentally ill - The Flint Journal
• Mental-health court in jeopardy - The Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Policy & Research
• Jailing Communities: The Impact of Jail Expansion and Effective Public Safety Strategies - Justice Policy Institute
• Improving Responses to People With Mental Illnesses: The Essential Elements of a Mental Health Court - Council of State Governments Justice Center
Offbeat & Controversial
• "Learn English or go to Jail" - CNN
(This article is generating some interesting discussion about alternative sentencing, judicial paternalism and rehabilitation vs. punishment on blogs like "Sentencing Law and Policy," "Say Anything Blog," and "PhiLAWdelphia".)
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