First Judicial District Veterans Treatment Court

The First Judicial District's chief judge runs a veterans treatment court under C.R.S. 13-5-144; see the Colorado entry for how these courts work. The Judicial Branch's problem-solving court directory lists the Veteran's Treatment Court in Jefferson County beside the district's recovery, mental health and family treatment courts. What it is. The First Judicial District Attorney's Office describes it as an alternative to incarceration for veterans suffering from combat-related trauma, with an individual treatment plan for post-traumatic stress, other mental health conditions, substance use and traumatic brain injury related to service. Participants in the district's problem-solving courts are sentenced to two years of probation and enrolment in the programme. The court is a collaboration of the District Attorney, law enforcement, the courts, probation, defence lawyers, community treatment providers, the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and VA. Who. Neither the Branch nor the District Attorney publishes eligibility rules, a list of offences or a discharge test, and the court has no page of its own. Ask the coordinator, John Feil ([email protected]), or the lead peer mentor coordinator, Troy Lutman ([email protected], 720-772-2688), whether a case can be referred. A defence lawyer can raise a referral.