6-14 Sanctions should be implemented in Program policy and Is there an attachment(s) to support this Yes a way for the participant to procedure manual requirement? Yes No Not Currently 63 understand the consequence of Title(s) of the attachment(s) Item Pending noncompliance with drug court rules Relevant Page Number(s) Recommendation: without being viewed simply as punitive. Participants should be told what behavior the team expects of them and offered help to accomplish it, rather than just being told the behavior they should not engage in. Sanctions are delivered without expression of anger, ridicule, foul or abusive language, or shame. 6-19 Drug courts must use jail/detention NPC assessment Result from NPC assessment: _____ Yes sanctions sparingly and with the Not Currently 64 intention of modifying participant Item Pending behavior in a positive manner. Recommendation: Jail/detention sanctions longer than 5 continuous days are outside of best practices. 6-22 A period greater than 90 continuous NPC assessment Result from NPC assessment: _____ Yes days of negative drug test results Not Currently 65 shall be required before a participant Item Pending is eligible to graduate from the drug Recommendation: court. 7-3 The drug court judge should serve a NPC assessment Result from NPC assessment: _____ Yes term of at least 2 years. Not Currently 66 Item Pending Recommendation:
6-14 63 Sanctions should be implemented in a way for the participant to understand the consequence of noncompliance with drug court rules without being viewed simply as punitive. Participants should be told what behavior the team expects of them and offered help to accomplish it, rather than just being told the behavior they should not engage in. Sanctions are delivered without expression of anger, ridicule, foul or abusive language, or shame. Program policy and procedure manual Is there an attachment(s) to support this requirement? Yes No Title(s) of the attachment(s) Relevant Page Number(s) Yes Not Currently Item Pending Recommendation: 6-19 64 Drug courts must use jail/detention sanctions sparingly and with the intention of modifying participant behavior in a positive manner. Jail/detention sanctions longer than 5 continuous days are outside of best practices. NPC assessment Result from NPC assessment: _____ Yes Not Currently Item Pending Recommendation: 6-22 65 A period greater than 90 continuous days of negative drug test results shall be required before a participant is eligible to graduate from the drug court. NPC assessment Result from NPC assessment: _____ Yes Not Currently Item Pending Recommendation: 7-3 66 The drug court judge should serve a term of at least 2 years. NPC assessment Result from NPC assessment: _____ Yes Not Currently Item Pending Recommendation:
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