JMHCP Grantee (2010) -- 11th Judicial District Treatment Court

Quick Facts:

Date accepted first participant:
08-07
Mental health docket frequency:
Weekly
Number of participants per year:
0-50
Clinical eligibility criteria:
  • The court accepts participants with only Axis I diagnoses
    • Clinical exclusion criteria:
    • Severe Axis II diagnosis
    Legal eligibility criteria:
  • Ordinance offenses / violations
  • Misdemeanors
  • Misdemeanor probation violations
  • Felonies (property)
  • Felonies (nonviolent)
  • Felonies (violent)
  • Felony probation violations
    • Case disposition upon successful program completion:
  • Participants' charges may be dismissed upon successful completion
  • Participants' time under supervision may be reduced
    • Case disposition upon unsuccessful program completion:
  • Participants are returned to the court of original jurisdiction for case processing
  • Participants are returned to the court of original jurisdiction for sentencing
    • Court and service components funded by:
  • State funds

    • JMHCP Grantee Information

    Grant Year
    2010

    JMHCP Grantee (2010) -- 11th Judicial District Treatment Court

    Contact:

    Name:
    Brad Ullrich
    Title:
    Program Manager
    Organization:
    11th Judicial District Court
    Address:
    103 S. Oliver
    Aztec, NM 87410
    Email:
    aztdbhu@nmcourts.gov
    Phone:
    505-334-2581

    JMHCP Grantee (2010) -- 11th Judicial District Treatment Court

    General: Jurisdiction, History, and Planning

    Grantee Year:
    Mixed
    Other collaborative criminal justice/mental health initiatives in community:
    The program is a District Court Program but it also collaborates with the lower Courts at the municipal and magistrate level. A local medical/counseling service is contracted for treatment.
    Date accepted first participant:
    08-07
    Mental health docket frequency:
    Weekly
    Number of participants per year:
    0-50
    Planning and oversight/advisory group:
  • The court had a planning committee that has evolved into an oversight/advisory capacity
    • Oversight group members:
  • Community mental health service provider
  • Substance abuse treatment provider
  • Court Probation Officer
  • Pretrial services staff
  • Judicial officer (e.g. a judge or magistrate)
  • Court administrator / program director
  • Prosecutor
  • Public defender

    • Eligibility Criteria

    Clinical eligibility criteria:
  • The court accepts participants with only Axis I diagnoses
    • Clinical exclusion criteria:
    • Severe Axis II diagnosis
    Establishment of clinical eligibility criteria:
  • They were established in consultation with mental health treatment providers
  • They were established with an understanding of the jurisdiction's treatment capacity
  • They were established according to the jurisdictions' needs
  • They were established through the court's experience and expertise
    • Legal eligibility criteria:
  • Ordinance offenses / violations
  • Misdemeanors
  • Misdemeanor probation violations
  • Felonies (property)
  • Felonies (nonviolent)
  • Felonies (violent)
  • Felony probation violations
    • Effect of criminal history on eligibility:
  • Yes, individuals with past sex offenses are excluded from participation
    • Degree to which crime victims are involved in court processes:
    Victims are notified when individuals enter the court program

    Court Team and Training

    Personnel who participate in case staffings:
    • Judicial officer (e.g. judge or magistrate)
    • Prosecutor
    • Defense attorney
    • Treatment provider or case manager employed by community mental health service provider
    • Court Probation Officer, Pre-Trial Services Manager
    Job orientation:
    Staff are oriented on-the-job
    Ongoing training:
  • Yes, there is funding support for staff to attend training sessions.
    • Training topics:
    • Overview of mental illness (e.g. recognizing symptoms or medications)
    • Integrated mental health and substance abuse treatment
    • Graduated sanctions and the role of coercion
    • Treatment engagement
    • Gender-specific treatment and services
    • Trauma issues
    • Substance abuse treatment

    Participant Information

    Primary sources of referrals:
  • Judges
    • Mental health screening conducted by:
  • Community mental health service provider
  • Court personnel with mental health background / experience
  • Court personnel with a criminal justice background / experience
  • Pretrial services staff
    • Mental health assessment conducted by:
  • Community mental health service provider
  • Pretrial services staff
    • Point at which full mental health assessment conducted:
    Before eligibility is determined

    Terms and Duration of Participation

    Legal mechanism by which participants are accepted into court program:
  • Participants' charges are held in abeyance and then dismissed upon successful program completion
  • Participants are sentenced to participation after a finding of guilt
    • Case disposition upon successful program completion:
  • Participants' charges may be dismissed upon successful completion
  • Participants' time under supervision may be reduced
    • Case disposition upon unsuccessful program completion:
  • Participants are returned to the court of original jurisdiction for case processing
  • Participants are returned to the court of original jurisdiction for sentencing
    • Terms of participation:
    They are individualized based on the offense and the clinical diagnosis
    The court uses a formal, standard written contract for all participants:
    Yes
    Minimum and maximum periods of participation:
    • Minimum 1 year
    Average length of participation:
    1 year to 2 years

    Confidentiality and Informed Choice

    The court obtains written consent to release personal information:
    Yes, participants sign an initial release upon joining the program and subsequent releases when additional information is requested or shared
    Court-supervised treatment becomes part of the participants' criminal record:
    No
    The court has standard protocols for establishing legal competence of potential participants:
    No, the state determines legal competence before an individual is referred to the court program
    After assessment of legal competence, length of time before assessment of clincial competence:
    After referral
    Defense counsel helps potential participants decide whether to enter the court:
    Yes

    Monitoring, Supervision, Treatment, and Adherence

    Monitoring and supervision of participants primarily performed by:
    Court team members criminal justice background
    Services available to court participants:
    • Emergency psychiatric services (crisis stabilization)
    • Assistance in locating housing
    • Assistance in accessing benefits (e.g. Medicaid, SSI, SSDI, veterans)
    • Outpatient mental health treatment
    • Substance abuse treatment (independent from mental health treatment)
    • Integrated substance abuse and mental health treatment
    • Medication management
    • Individual psychotherapy
    • Group psychotherapy
    • Family therapy
    Court-supported services available after program completion:
    Some
    Rewards and incentives applied to participants who adhere to terms of treatment plans:
  • Certificates or other tokens for completing stages of treatment
  • Graduation ceremonies
  • The court does not have a standardized list of rewards / incentives
  • Praise from the judge
  • Food items or gift certificates from local businesses
    • Sanctions applied to participants who do not adhere to terms of treatment plans:
    • Jail
    • Expulsion from the program
    • Modifications in treatment plan (e.g. more frequent appointments with a case manager, adjustment to medications, increased drug screening, etc.)
    • The court does not have a standardized list of sanctions.
    • Judicial reprimands
    • Increased supervision intensity (e.g. meetings with a probation officer or case manager, drug testing, visits to court on a normal docket day)
    • Restriction of privileges (e.g. curfew, travel)
    • Community service

    Sustainability

    Court and service components funded by:
  • State funds
    • Has the court received media coverage?
    No
    Is there published research on the court program?
    No
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