Kirsty McDowell: This is the first person for drug treatment court. Kirsty struggled with addiction problems. I learned that everyone in the drug treatment program was required to write letters for the judge to read before their meeting in court. Kirsty was doing better, staying clean and so she got an incentive. An incentive in the program was little gifts such as gift cards to Tim Hortons and to receive them, they had to be clean and consistently attending their AA meetings.
Brandon Grenier: Brandon had slipped up and used in the course of the week since his last drug treatment meeting the week before but was still in the program. The judge had told us that people in the drug treatment program do not get kicked out for using unless they were lying about it. In Brandon’s case, he was forthcoming about messing up and so the court was lenient on him but he did not receive an incentive.
David Collins: He was the last person for Drug Treatment Court. He has a drug addiction which led to him committing crimes and receiving over 100 charges. He is currently out on bail. He had been good that week and so he received an incentive. David wanted to get a week off to be able to travel to the U.S. to go on a winter break trip with his family. The judge gave him permission and will let his probation officer know.
Next, we had a recess so before Criminal Court would start. When the judge left and re-entered the room, everyone rose from their seats. …show more content…
The prisoner’s box is the box where people who were in custody before the trial are seated. Brooke used to be in the drug treatment program but was kicked out because the judge felt that she was not ready for it. Her lawyer talked to her and said they need some time to straighten things