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Stronger probation praised in drug court setting

An item in yesterday's SA Express News featured coverage of the most recent graduating class in a San Antonio drug court ("Drug court participants celebrate new sobriety," July 25):Drug courts ? intensive probation programs that focus on nonviolent offenders with addiction problems ? have been in existence around the country for two decades and in Bexar County since 2001, said County Court-at-Law No. 1 Judge Al Alonso. In that time, he said, the programs have proved to be more effective than any other way of dealing with offenders. ?It changes lives, saves money and reduces crime,? he said. ?We've got to get off the mindset that we can punish someone out of their addiction.?I find it remarkable that drug court programs have taken off so quickly in the past few years and been embraced so enthusiastically by judges and prosecutors...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 26, 2009 (boomark / email).