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1 week ago

DA Says Allowing Violent Offenders Into SF Drug Court Has Destroyed the Program

San Francisco’s Drug Court faces ballooning caseloads, low staffing, and expanded eligibility for violent offenders, reducing completion rates and straining treatment capacity.
fromsfist.com
3 months ago

Sup. Dorsey's Latest Crusade Is to Hold Hearings Into Whether SF Drug Court Is Getting Too Lenient

SF's 30-year-old Drug Court was intended for non-violent drug offenders to avoid jail for low-level drug crimes. But now people with pretty violent charges are sneaking in, and Supervisor Matt Dorsey ain't happy about it. San Francisco's Drug Court was established in 1995, and is meant as a diversion program so that low-level drug offenders can avoid normal court and jail, and instead get "services in the community designed to get them out of their drug and crime situations.
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