Court status hearings are held weekly.
A
report of each defendant's progress
is prepared
and given to the judge before the hearings.
The judge is notified of clean or dirty
urinalysis
tests, attendance at counseling and
educational
classes. Any special circumstances
concerning
the defendant are included in the judge's
progress report.
The Court may increase the frequency
of urinalysis
testing, order increased attendance
or participation
in a residential program as a requirement
to stay in the program, and may order
jail
time as a sanction. Terminating the
defendant
from Drug Court of course, is the final
sanction.
At any time, the defendant can ask
to be
terminated from the program and be
sentenced
to serve the original sentence.
