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Cherelle Parker: “We are giving people a chance to choose treatment in a path…”

Featuring: Cherelle Parker, Democratic | Mayor of Philadelphia | Pennsylvania

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Full speech: Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker delivers 'State of the City' address

Published | Video Starts at 36:45

Thanks to the office of Public Safety. Director Adam Geer, we created an innovative. Neighborhood wellness court, working closely with our Philadelphia judicial system and our judges. And We are giving people a chance to choose treatment in a path of wellness and instead of incarceration. Director Gear. Thank you, First Judicial District. Thank you. And every intergovernmental partner that we're working with to create and operate the Wellness Court. Thank you. (36:45–36:53)

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Asserts that the Neighborhood Wellness Court offers treatment options instead of incarceration.

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