During the past 25 years, specialized courts—like drug treatment courts, mental health courts, and community courts—have spread throughout state court systems and have successfully reduced reoffending by combining accountability with help. These courts link offenders with treatment and other services needed to address the underlying problems that bring them to court, while also using enhanced court monitoring to hold offenders accountable and protect public safety. More recently, tribal justice systems have begun experimenting with specialized courts of their own. Healing to Wellness Courts (a tribal variation on the drug court model) are becoming increasingly common in Indian country, and some tribes have launched community courts to address persistent low-level offending, like vandalism, theft, disorderly conduct, assault, and other common crimes.
CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE CHEHALIS RESERVATION OFFENDER REENTRY PROGRAM PROGRAM DESCRIPTION PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM OUTCOMES Summary: This grant-funded program ensures the continuation of the Offender Reentry Program at the Chehalis Tribal Jail. The reentry program offers a range of holistic services and classes, such as behavioral health, education and cultural traditions to interested Native American inmates in the Chehalis Read more...
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT/NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS’ NATIVE AMERICAN HEALING TO WELLNESS COURT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM OUTCOMES Summary: The Native American Healing to Wellness Court is a specialized track within The New Mexico Department of Corrections and TheSecond Judicial District Court’s Drug Court Program. The track, offered to self-identified Native American offenders, provides an alternative to Read more...
URBAN INDIANS RED LODGE TRANSITION SERVICES PROGRAM DESCRIPTION PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM OUTCOMES Summary: Red Lodge Transition Services is a grass-roots nonprofit created to serve the needs of Native Americans reentering into society post-incarceration, with a focus on women. Their organization is unique as they offer some of the only culturally tailored services that Native identified people can access while Read more...
NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER PROGRAM DESCRIPTION PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM OUTCOMES Summary: The Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA) is a non-profit organization in Portland, OR that offers wrap-around services to self-identified Native Americans of any tribe. Their broad menu of programs ranges from a food pantry and affordable housing to the Positive Indian Parenting Program and Read more...
STATE OF ALASKA & ALASKA TRIBES ALASKA TRIBAL CHILD WELFARE COMPACT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM OUTCOMES Summary: The Alaska Tribal Child Welfare Compact is a one of a kind landmark government-to-government agreement between the State of Alaska and Alaska Tribes and Tribal organizations that recognizes the Tribes’ inherent authority to oversee placement of their children and provide child Read more...
