Community Courts

On May 3 and 4, the Community Service Program (CSP) staff visited Crowder Owens Food Bank and the DC Central Kitchen, both long-time community service program host sites for two days of service, while the judges were in training. Last year, the CSP ...

It's no secret that the D.C. Courts are committed to serving the public with excellence, respect, and fairness. People travel from around the world to the DC Courts to learn about our successful initiatives and forward-thinking programs. One success ...

Diversion programs have been around almost as long as the justice system, and often have been born of necessity due to overburdened courts. But over the years, D.C.’s Mental Health Community Court has developed a more holistic outlook that does not ...

Watch Doreen Gentzler's Report on the Mental Health Community Court Ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sczDyOFk5l8 It's no secret that the D.C. Courts are committed to serving the public with excellence, respect, and fairness. People travel ...

Watch Doreen Gentzler's Report on the Mental Health Community Court Ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sczDyOFk5l8 It's no secret that the D.C. Courts are committed to serving the public with excellence, respect, and fairness. People travel ...

A new study (PDF) of the District of Columbia Superior Court's East of the River Community Court project offered the first statistical proof of what judges, attorneys and court-watchers have said for years: that the program brought down rates of ...

Students facing drug charges from the city court might see their cases dismissed if they complete community service, after the opening of a neighborhood-focused courtroom in January. The DC Superior Court will designate a community court for the ...

The DC Superior Court is creating new community courts to put non-violent offenders to work in the communities where they committed their crimes. The move is based on a pilot project in the sixth and seventh police districts, which has demonstrated a ...

Judges and other DC Superior Court officials yesterday met with Southeast residents to explain a new problem-solving approach to criminal justice. “Community Court,” the new program, calls for judges, defense attorneys, prosecutors and treatment ...