Third Judicial District Veterans Treatment Court (Winona County)

The Third Judicial District's Veterans Treatment Court, running since 2019 for the district's eleven counties, Winona among them, takes justice-involved veterans into a voluntary, judge-led treatment programme; Winona County's own Treatment Court is a drug and DWI court.

Also called: veterans treatment court, veterans court, Third Judicial District, treatment court, 609.1056, Winona, Goodview, St. Charles, Lewiston, Stockton, Rollingstone, Altura, Minnesota City, Utica, Dakota, Elba.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Winona County, MNCounty

Minnesota's veterans courts run under section 609.1056, subdivision 5; see the Minnesota entry. The Judicial Branch's list of operational treatment courts names among its eight veterans treatment courts the "Third Judicial District: Dodge-Fillmore-Freeborn-Houston-Mower-Olmsted-Rice-Steele-Wabasha-Waseca-Winona Counties (2019)". The Olmsted County entry describes the programme. Winona's own court. The list also carries "Winona County (2012)" among the drug/DWI hybrid courts; the county's Treatment Court page describes that court, established in 2012, for "offenders to become alcohol and drug free", with coordinator Carin Hyter (507-457-6434). A veteran charged in Winona County asks the court, a defence lawyer or the County VSO about a referral to the veterans court.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Third Judicial District Veterans Treatment Court (Winona County)
Gate	Rule
Justice-involved veteran	Voluntary; admission is the court team's. A rating is not the test.

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VetTOC is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense. Information is for reference only and is not an eligibility determination. Verify with VA, the relevant state or territory, or an accredited VSO.