Barrow’s success have special courts expanding to Jackson
The success of Barrow County’s Drug and Treatment courts is leading Piedmont Judicial Circuit officials to expand the programs into Jackson County.
Administrators held a meeting last week in Jackson County to line up staff members. Once established, the Piedmont Judicial Circuit will operate four “accountability courts” — two drug courts and two mental health courts, one of each in both counties — for the price of one accountability court, according to Barrow County Superior Court Judge Currie Mingledorff, who presides over the circuit’s special courts.
For the full story, see the June 15 issue of The Jackson Herald.
For the full story, see the June 15 issue of The Jackson Herald.
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Michael McCarthy
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06/16/11 at 08:58 PM
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This is good. Drug abuse is a disease, and should not be a crime.