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Borderland Treatment Court marks 20 years; council proclaims May Treatment Court Month
Summary
Judge Jared Shimon and treatment court staff briefed the International Falls City Council on the 20-year Borderland Treatment Court program, its team-based model and outcomes; council approved a proclamation declaring May National Treatment Court Month, 5-0.
Judge Jared Shimon, the district court judge for Couchiching County, told the International Falls City Council on May 5 that the Borderland Treatment Court is celebrating its 20th anniversary and that the program reduces recidivism by providing coordinated treatment and supervision instead of incarceration.
The treatment court team described their model as weekly, team-based oversight combining judicial review, intensive probation, substance-use and mental-health treatment and community supports. “Show up, show up, show up,” Shimon said of…
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