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Jones, a former public defender in Harlem, added there is a need for “front-ended, not back-ended treatment,” where defendants ought not have to plead guilty in order to receive treatment. He also urged more public discourse on the decriminalization of low-level drug use.
Joining him on the panel were Alex Calabrese, presiding judge over Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn, NY, and Tina M. Dixons, an ex-offender and recovering addict who was 33 when she first entered the community court program.
“For the first time, I got support, since the age of 13,” said Dixons, who spent a large portion of her life out on the streets, homeless, facing arrest for drugs and prostitution. She talked about how before the court, she was merely “a docket number, and I was right back on the streets” after being released from jail. It was an uphill battle for Dixons; she suffered a relapse during her participation in the court but found a mentor in the judge.

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