WELCOME TO THE DAVIDSON COUNTY DRUG COURT RESIDENTIAL FACILITY

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WELCOME TO THE DAVIDSON COUNTY DRUG COURT
RESIDENTIAL FACILITY

• THIS FACILITY IS A LONG TERM TREATMENT FACILITY
  FOR NON-VIOLENT FELONY OFFENDERS WITH SUBSTANCE
  ABUSE PROBLEMS. IT HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE
  JULY 1997.

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THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE ORIGINAL FACILITY WHICH
WAS LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF AN OLD MENTAL
HOSPITAL
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NEW FACILITY
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WHY IS THIS FACILITY NECESSARY

• IN THE CRIMINAL COURTS FOR THIS COUNTY AT LEAST
  70 OF ALL CASES INVOLVE DRUGS OR ALCOHOL IN SOME
  FASHION.
• STATISTICS SHOW THAT 65 OF ALL INDIVIDUALS WITH
  ADDICTIONS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
  CORRECTIONS WILL RE-OFFEND WITHIN THREE YEARS OF
  RELEASE IF THEY DO NOT RECEIVE TREATMENT FOR
  THEIR ADDICTION.
• STATISTICS SHOW THE OPPISITE IF THEY RECEIVE
  TREATMENT WHILE INCARCERATED. ONLY 35 WILL
  RE-OFFEND

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NECCESSITY

• THE DAVIDSON COUNTY REIDENTIAL DRUG COURT PROGRAM
  IS NOT A FACILITY FOR FIRST TIME DRUG OFFENDERS.
  MOST OF THOSE TYPE CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED IN
  AN OUTPATIENT PROGRAM.
• THE DAVIDSON COUNTY DRUG COURT IS FOR MULTIPLE
  OFFENDERS WHO HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF DRUG
  OFFENSES. WITHOUT TREATMENT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO
  USE AND WILL REPEATEDLY RETURN TO THE SYSTEM.

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Cost factors

• AT THE PRESENT TIME IT COSTS 60.84 PER DAY TO
  HOUSE AND FEED AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE TENNESSEE
  DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
• THE DAVIDSON COUNTY DRUG COURT HOUSES, FEEDS AND
  TREATS AN INDIVIDUAL FOR 46.00 PER DAY.
• 100 RESIDENTS AT A DIFFERENCE OF 14.84 PER DAY
  1,484.00 x 365 541,660.00 PER YEAR SAVINGS
  FOR TAXPAYERS.

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REASONS FOR COST REDUCTION

• THE FACILITY IS A NON SECURE FACILITY WHICH
  OBVIATES THE NEED FOR GUARDS.
• THE RESIDENTS DO ALL OF THE WORK REQUIRED TO
  MAINTAIN THE FACILITY.
• THE RESIDENTS PREPARE AND SERVE ALL OF THE MEALS.

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KITCHEN
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DINING ROOM
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CAPACITY

• THE CURRENT CAPACITY IS
• 78 MALES
• 30 FEMALES

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FEMALE DORMITORY
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GOVERNORS METH PILOT PROJECT

• IN 2005 TENNESSEE WAS HAVING AN EPIDEMIC OF
  METHAMPHEDIMINE USE.
• THE GOVERNOR APPOINTED A COMMISSION TO STUDY THE
  PROBLEM.
• AS A RESULT THE GOVERNOR ASKED THE DAVIDSON
  COUNTY DRUG COURT TO INSTITUTE A PILOT PROJECT TO
  TREAT METH USERS.
• THE DRUG COURT IS TREATING 30 METH ADDICTS FROM
  ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE.
• THE RESULTS OF THE PROJECT ARE PROVING TO BE
  SUCCESSFUL.
• TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM THE DRUG COURT HAS ADDED
  NEW BED SPACE.

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GOVERNORS METH PILOT PROJECT
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CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS

• DURING THE TIME THAT THE DRUG COURT PROGRAM AND
  THE METH PILOT PROJECT HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION IT
  HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF THE
  RESIDENTS HAVE CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS.
• MANY HAVE SUFFERED EITHER PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL
  ABUSE IN THE PAST.
• MANY HAVE MENTAL DISORDERS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
  DIAGNOSED.
• AS THE RESULT THE PROGRAM IS NOW WORKING WITH THE
  DAVIDON COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH COURT OPERATED BY
  JUDGE DAN EISENSTEIN.

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MENTAL HEALTH COURT GRADUATION
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PAYING BACK THEIR COMMUNITY

• IN 2007 THE RESIDENTS OF THE DAVIDSON COUNTY DRUG
  COURT PERFORMED 74,000 HOURS OF PUBLIC SERVICE
  WORK
• THEY HAVE BEEN PENCIL PARTNERS WITH BRICK CHURCH
  MIDDLE SCHOOL.
• THEY HAVE ADDRESSED MANY HIGH SCHOOLS ON THE
  EVILS OF DRUG USE.
• THEY PAY A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THEIR FINES
  AND COURT COSTS.
• THEY RE-UNITE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND PAY COURT
  ORDERED CHILD SUPPORT

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WORK REQUIREMENTS

• MANY OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE FACILITY HAVE NEVER
  HAD A STEADY JOB.
• MOST HAVE NO INSURANCE, RETIREMENT OR SOCIAL
  SECURITY CREDITS.
• AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PROGRAM FOR A CERTAIN
  LENGTH OF TIME THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A 40
  HOUR PER WEEK JOB. THEY ARE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE
  FACILTY DURING THE DAY TO WORK, BUT RETURN TO THE
  FACILITY AT NIGHT.
• FROM THEIR SALARY THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PAY AT
  LEAST 30 FOR RENT, AND 30 TO EITHER CHILD
  SUPPORT OR COURT COSTS.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE
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COURTROOM
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USING RESIDENTS SKILLS

• THE COURTROOM PICTURED ABOVE WAS BUILT BY THE
  RESIDENTS OF THE DRUG COURT. IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF
  THE TALENT LEVEL OF PEOPLE WHO BECOME ADDICTED TO
  DRUGS. IT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THE EMPLOYABILITY
  OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ONCE THEY LEARN TO CONTROL
  THEIR ADDICTION.

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OVERALL PURPOSE

• THE LOGIC BEHIND THE DAVIDSON COUNTY DRUG COURT
  RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM IS SIMPLE!
• YOU CAN INCARCERATE NON-VIOLENT FELONS WITHOUT
  TREATMENT AND EXPECT 65 OF THEM TO RETURN TO A
  LIFE OF DRUGS WITHIN THREE YEARS OF RELEASE, OR
  YOU CAN TREAT THESE INDIVIDUALS AND EXPECT ONLY
  30 OF THEM TO RETURN TO A LIFE OF DRUGS WITHIN
  THREE YEARS OF RELEASE.