Pretrial

Mentor Courts serve as models for individuals and court teams interested in starting an Adult Drug Court or for established courts interested in learning innovative practices.

Center staff conducted the following office based TA:
- re-wrote the grant application for the Pine Ridge Peace Making Seventh Generation Fund Application
-edited the Tribal Law and Order Act Violence Against Women Act for Jenn Ruben, prosecutor for the Yavapai-Apache Nation
-forwarded the FREE DOJ Training: Tribal and Federal Training on Wildlife and Pollution Enforcement Issues Affecting Tribal Lands information to Catawba Indian Nation

In March of 2015, Center staff completed the following technical assistance. Staff had a 1 hour planning call with Pine Ridge regarding a peacemaking program. Staff had a 50 minute call with Tribal Prosecutor Jenn Ruben from the Yavapai Apache Nation regarding design and structure in the criminal justice system. Staff had a planning call with the Oglala Sioux Tribe regarding implementing a peacemaking program. Staff did a 30 minute document review for the victims services program at the Yavapai Apache Nation.

Mentor Courts serve as models for individuals and court teams interested in starting an Adult Drug Court or for established courts interested in learning innovative practices.

Mentor Courts serve as models for individuals and court teams interested in starting an Adult Drug Court or for established courts interested in learning innovative practices.

Mentor Courts serve as models for individuals and court teams interested in starting an Adult Drug Court or for established courts interested in learning innovative practices.

Mentor Courts serve as models for individuals and court teams interested in starting an Adult Drug Court or for established courts interested in learning innovative practices.

Mentor Courts serve as models for individuals and court teams interested in starting an Adult Drug Court or for established courts interested in learning innovative practices.

Colette Tvedt will travel to Colorado to train Colorado defenders on pretrial release advocacy at their annual conference, September 20-22, 2015.

The Center for Court Innovation will host a regional training workshop in Dallas, TX on the latest problem-solving strategies that link offenders to treatment and other local topics of interest.