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Susan Crawford: “We have a drug court in Dane county.”

Featuring: Susan Crawford, Judge for Branch 1 of the Dane County Circuit Court | Wisconsin

Dane County Circuit Court Judge, Branch 1_ Susan Crawford

Published February 1, 2018 | Video Starts at 07:37

So in some cases it's substance abuse. It may be that they could benefit from mental health treatment and, you know, just other kinds of needs. And so, for example, We have a drug court in Dane county. And the whole idea of that is to get a person into programming that helps them to address those underlying needs and allow them to, if they're able to complete those programs, to avoid having a criminal conviction on their record to begin with. (07:37–07:40)

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“We have work to do in the Dane county justice system to improve equal justice for all, particularly in issues relating to racial…”
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“Those disparities also extend to people's economic status.”
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“We also have first offender programs and restorative justice programs.”
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“Judges need to know more about what is going on in other courtrooms besides their own.”
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