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Local Court Now a Training Ground for the Nation
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KSPR News
Story Created:
Jan 14, 2008 at 5:26 PM CDT
Story Updated:
Jan 14, 2008 at 6:09 PM CDT
They would serve their sentence and all too often people convicted of drinking and driving would do it again.
In 2003, Greene County began a DWI court that has been successfully preventing repeat offenses ever since.
Monday, in a special ceremony at Cox Medical Center North, the National Drug Court Institute named it an academy court, a training ground for courts across the country looking to implement similar programs.
"We will be sending them to our four academy courts to learn, the academy court's information will be posted on our website as this is what you should do if you are going to operate a DWI court," Caroln Hardin of the National Drug Court Institute said.
Greene County’s system is unique because it focuses on rehabilitating offenders through constant follow-up rather than just assigning jail time.
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