Offender,  Attorney, Judge, Probation Officer, Police Officer, or a Provider this seven (7) minute movie could change your life.  Judge Steven Alm explains how the HOPE Program works to his packed courtroom.

Click on this link to watch HOPE on the PBS NewsHour

 

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec13/hawaiihope_11-24.html

Al Jazeera's America Tonight's Story on HOPE.

 

Exceptional story and a MUST

see:  http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/america-tonight-blog/2014/2/6/probation-hawaiihope.html

 

 

Each year at the National Forum on Criminal Justice, NCJA honors five outstanding criminal justice programs that merit recognition for providing effective services to address crime-related issues in their communities.

Washington has a parole program based on Hawaii's HOPE.  The program in Washington is called SAC. The Huffington Post recently wrote about this and broke down the costs and benefits.  Read the full story by clicking HERE

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Click here for a great article from the Washington Post on how to make Drug Courts more effective.