Veteran Treatment Courts and Their Impact

03/25/22 • 42 min

Judge Halee Weinstein, an Administrative Judge for Baltimore City's District Court, discusses her role in Veteran Treatment Courts, which decrease recidivism and provide alternatives to the standard prosecution systems, while emphasizing mentorship and the special needs of veterans.

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Transcript

Halee Weinstein00:00:01.169

I presided often over a specialized docket that we call the docket for homeless persons and it's a diversion program. And it was for people who were homeless and were charged with minor crimes drug possession, loitering, disorderly conduct riding on the light rail without paying for things like that. And the purpose of the court was to connect them to services the the defendants to services rather than prosecute them.

Charlie Malo