The 4th Circuit DUI Court Celebrates its Second Graduation
11/20/2017
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Greg Sattizahn
State Court Administrator
(605) 773-3474
“Amber Richey, Lawrence County Chief Public Defender to Deliver Keynote Address”
The 4th Circuit DUI Court will celebrate its second graduation class on December 7, 2017, when three participants will mark their completion of the intensive monitoring and treatment program. Lawrence County Chief Public Defender Amber Richey will deliver the keynote address.
The 4th Circuit DUI Court is the second specialty court in the 4th Judicial Circuit. The DUI Court Program is a judicially supervised alternative program to incarceration for driving under the influence offenses. The DUI Court is a collaborative community effort aimed at increasing public safety, holding offenders accountable, and decreasing recidivism. The DUI court, which started in October 2015, is designed to rehabilitate high risk, high-need repeat DUI offenders. Since its inception, 21 participants have entered the program after screening by the State’s Attorney’s Office and the DUI Team and counting this graduation; 5 participants have graduated.
The 4th Circuit DUI Court Team cordially invites you to our graduation ceremony at 5:30 PM at the Deadwood Courthouse (3rd floor), located at 90 Sherman St., Deadwood, to help us celebrate and recognize the accomplishment of these graduates. The ceremony is open to the public, media, and cameras. A reception will be held, immediately following the ceremony at the Lawrence County Annex Building (next to the courthouse).