Treatment Court Programs

The Lawrence County Treatment Court offers substance abuse treatment and/or mental health treatment as an alternative to incarceration for drug-addicted individuals and/or individuals suffering from mental health issues who are arrested in Lawrence County and charged with qualifying criminal offenses. The Court emerged out of the realization that a substantial number of these individuals engaged in criminal behavior as a result of their need to support a drug addiction and/or suffer from mental health issues rather than from deep-seeded criminality. By offering monitored treatment, the Court aims to decrease the prevalence of drug addiction and drug-related crime as well as criminality resulting from mental health issues in Lawrence County by breaking the damaging and costly cycle of criminality and incarceration due to issues beyond the immediate control of certain individuals.