This month more than a dozen “faces of recovery” posters are decorating the fourth floor hallway of the Miami-Dade County Courthouse, a different feel for a place known for tragedy.
In the month of May, a few of the problem-solving initiatives the criminal court provides—Drug Court, Veterans Treatment Court, and various mental health programs—celebrate the countless lives they have helped and saved with treatment.
Defendants arrested in prison, instead of jail, could at times be offered these problem-solving courts. The clients go through treatment, counseling and receive medical and mental health resources…