Data from the South Dakota Unified Judicial System (UJS) released during a Drug Court Advisory Council meeting on Oct. 14, 2025, highlights the success of the state’s treatment courts since their beginning in 2008: 73% of all participants in treatments courts did not commit another felony offense within five years following their involvement in the program–breaking the cycle of addiction and incarceration for thousands of participants since the courts’ inception.
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