Adult Treatment Court

The mission of the Jackson County Adult Treatment Court is to empower transformation through rehabilitation and recovery of individuals struggling with substance use disorders. Through a balanced approach of accountability, treatment, and support, we aim to break the cycle of addiction, restore families, and enhance community well-being.  
 
 Involvement in the Treatment Court is very different for the defendant than being sentenced to a term of probation.  This program is for those individuals who are ready to be actively involved in making life changes, which will sustain abstinence and foster their growth and development in all areas. The Treatment Court Team consists of a circuit court judge, program administrator, case manager(s), recovery coach(s), treatment providers, probation agent(s) and law enforcement representative(s). A member of the Prosecutor’s Office and a Defense Attorney are also part of the team, which jointly makes decisions in regards to the Court’s response to the participant’s progress.

All Treatment Court participants will be involved in a comprehensive and integrated program of substance abuse disorder treatment and rehabilitation services, to be supervised by the Treatment Court judge. The program requires a minimum participation of 12 months (four phases) before program completion/graduation.  A person can also serve more time in these phases if he or she does not comply with program requirements.

Throughout the program, participants are required to attend substance use disorder treatment, which may involve detox, residential, intensive outpatient, and outpatient therapy. They are also expected to undergo regular, random, and observed drug screenings a minimum of twice per week, attend a minimum of five 12-Step or mutual-aid meetings weekly, report to their assigned probation agent as directed, communicate with case managers and recovery coaches as instructed, and attend Treatment Court status hearings before the judge twice monthly in the first and second phases, and once a month in the third and fourth phases. 

JCATC aims to increase rates of recovery while reducing drug and alcohol use and related crimes, reducing court congestion, and reducing jail overcrowding.  The JCATC seeks to provide all individuals charged with a substance use related felony in Jackson County the opportunity to apply for acceptance into the treatment court program