The success of drug intervention court programs could offer a glimpse of the future for Mississippi’s fledgling mental health court system, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Randolph told a joint legislative committee Tuesday.
Randolph said Mississippi’s felony drug courts, which themselves have existed for about 20 years, have shown tremendous levels of success in rehabilitating people suffering from addiction without incarcerating them, and early trials with mental health courts in five jurisdictions have begun to produce similar results.
“From the court’s standpoint, we’re all…
