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Commissioners dissolve justice court alternative sentencing department, create juvenile diversion coordinator positions
Summary
Midland County Commissioners voted to dissolve the centralized Justice Court Alternative Sentencing department, split its remaining budget evenly among the four justice courts, and create a juvenile diversion coordinator position for each justice court funded from those allocations.
The Commissioners Court voted to dissolve the county's Justice Court Alternative Sentencing department and reallocate its remaining funds to the four justice of the peace (JP) courts, a move that will fund a new juvenile diversion coordinator position in each JP court.
Court staff explained that the three employees assigned to the alternative sentencing department could have been transferred to individual JP offices but…
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