Drug court defined

SDCL § 16-22-3, under PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS.

SDCL § 16-22-3

For the purposes of this chapter, a drug court is a court supervised alternative to incarceration and includes drug, driving under influence, and other specialty court dockets aimed at increasing offender accountability and decreasing recidivism. Source: SL 2013, ch 101 , § 3.