“Next week is decision time.”
In Dublin’s Drug Treatment Court, there are two golden rules – don’t pick up any new charges and show up to all of your appointments. It’s two strikes and you’re out – back to the district court to face their criminal charges.
Participants in this programme are referred into it because they are dependent on a drug, and after they have pleaded guilty or been found guilty of a non-violent crime that was at least partially motivated by their addiction.
The person or their solicitor can ask the judge in the criminal court to refer them to the programme and put their charges on hold. TheJournal.ie spent a day in this court on Green Street in Dublin’s city centre last month.
In this sitting, Judge Ann Ryan reprimanded the first man to appear before her for failing to show up for drug screening – a requirement of the programme to track progress.
Source: Michelle Hennessy, The Journal.ie, 11/08/18
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