Drug Court

In its 25 years, St. Louis drug treatment court has gone from being perceived as a way to keep drug convictions from marring otherwise clean records to helping the city’s most vulnerable.

St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell wants to boost the number of people accepted into the county’s drug and mental health courts and enhance the…

During a statewide tour on Tuesday, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said he wants work with lawmakers to fix two bills during next week’s special session.Parson…

In what some are calling a historic compromise, a broad spectrum of senators on Thursday announced support for sweeping changes in criminal sentencing…

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s office has announced $7 million in grants aimed at funneling non-violent offenders away from prison and into community-based…

Attorney General Eric Holder says the federal drug court established by the Eastern District of Missouri is exactly the kind of program needed to help…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 13, 2011 - Missouri's drug courts are saving the state's taxpayers the annual equivalent costs…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 29, 2010 - Gov. Jay Nixon said Monday that, as part of the state budget-cutting, he might be…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: June 11, 2008 - Two similar but unrelated events in St. Louis recently garnered national headlines.…