Drug Court

In September 2007, the New Jersey Supreme Court held unanimously, in State v. Meyer, that criminal defendants sentenced to probation may be referred to the state’s drug court program. This program, which employs intensive residential treatment and close supervision, plays an important and cost effective role in reducing the "revolving door" nature of the criminal justice system by addressing the addiction that underlies much criminality. Its two-year recidivism rate of 14% compares to a rate in excess of 50% for those imprisoned. The institute filed a brief as amicus curiae and helped prepare the Supreme Court argument. We were pleased to partner with the Lowenstein Sandler firm on this effort.

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