District Court Uses Nevada Division Of Public And Behavioral Health Grant To Break The Grip Of Opioids On Those Re-entering The Community After Prison
The Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court will celebrate a new class of specialty court graduates on May 10 at 3 p.m. in the jury services room of the Regional Justice Center, 200 Lewis Ave. The graduates will include two who are part of a specialty [...]
Class of drug court graduates celebrate their productive new lives
A baby cries as Judge Carolyn Ellsworth begins the graduation ceremony for the March class of drug court graduates. The judge smiles and tells those gathered, “It’s great to have the babies here. It’s great that they’re here and come into the world drug-free.” After [...]
Drug court saved my life
At every specialty court graduation, at least one person tells those gathered that the program saved their life. At the November graduation, a drug court graduate said just that. They weren’t exaggerating. Those that end up in specialty courts get there after heading down a [...]
Family Treatment Drug Court Awarded $874,097 Department of Justice Grant To Help Families Ravaged By The Drug Epidemic
The Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court (EJDC) has been awarded an $874,097 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs grant for Family Treatment Drug Court inpatient treatment and housing with intensive outpatient treatment. The court applied to the Justice Department for the much needed [...]
Positive ripple spreads from 51 specialty court grads crossing the finish line of intensive treatment to begin new life
The monthly celebration to mark graduations from intensive specialty court treatment programs had 51 participants cross the finish line to start their lifelong process to be substance-abuse free. The graduations spread a positive ripple-effect through the people in their families and the community. Their families [...]
Specialty Courts Receive $1 Million SAPTA Grant To Get Those Who Are Revolving Through Justice System Into Residential Treatment And On A Productive Path
The Eighth Judicial District Specialty Courts have been awarded a grant of $1million from the Substance Abuse Prevention Treatment Agency (SAPTA) to provide sober living and residential treatment placements for individuals in the Clark County Detention Center (CCDC). The SAPTA Grant provides funding for sober living [...]
Wave of specialty court grads have big impact on more than 89 families
When you walk into a specialty court graduation ceremony you know you’re entering something really special. There is excitement and optimism in the air. Families and friends are present with balloons, flowers and cake to support their loved ones. The monthly District Court graduations in [...]
Chili cook-off at RJC raises funds to make Quilts of Valor for veterans
A chili cook-off at the Regional Justice Center raised more than $700. for Quilts of Valor. A check was presented to the Nevada state coordinator for the Quilt of Valor Foundation, Victoria Colburn Hall at a recent Veteran’ Court graduation ceremony. Judge Linda Bell presides [...]
Moms escape clutches of addiction
Judge Jennifer Elliot has been presiding over the dependency mothers’ drug court since 2008. It is a program that has helped to get many mothers away from the clutches of addiction and into the arms of their children. This week, three more moms graduated from [...]
Kids get most important person in the world back in their lives
Children from three families will now have the most important person in the world back in their lives, after two mothers and one father recently graduated from the Eighth Judicial District mothers’/fathers’ specialty court. All three completed a rigorous in-patient treatment program, that involved spending [...]