The Denver Drug Court has been fully implemented since July 1994. The Denver Drug Court, which uses both diversion and probation models of drug courts, is an integrated system whose function is to test offenders, classify those with substance abuse problems according to standardized objective measures, and match offenders with a level and type of treatment and sanction appropriate for their treatment needs and criminal risks. Commitment from the Drug Court Advisory Committee to meet a minimum of once a month for the first year and then bimonthly.
Subcommittees meet in the off months.
Intermediate and innovative sanctions designed to address addiction and relapse in the most effective manner. Integral involvement of the court through a process of frequent court appearances and the court's immediate access to treatment information provided by an automated management information system located in close proximity to the bench. Each time a client checks in or completes an activity, the treatment provider swipes the client's personally coded card through a slot, touches four or five keys, and the process is initiated. No computer skills are needed. Activities are tracked as they happen, and, therefore, the data is always current and available.