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Court Mandated Diversion

Intention Of The CMD Program

A significant number of offenders appearing in Court face many complex issues, aside from their legal matters. The primary goal of the CMD program is to break the drug-crime cycle by involving offenders in treatment and rehabilitation programs. It aims to provide viable pathways for offenders by increasing their access to drug, alcohol, or other welfare services in order to break their cycle of contact with the criminal justice system.

Other principal goals of the CMD project are to:

• Provide offenders with an opportunity to acknowledge and address offending behaviour caused by drug abuse, thereby improving physical and psychological well being
• Help eligible offenders to reduce and abstain from illicit drug use
• Reduce drug-related offending behaviour
• Improve offenders’ relationships with family and friends
• Improve offenders' possibility of gaining or retaining employment
• Provide offenders with the tools to recognise and prevent relapse into substance abuse and criminal behaviour, and
• Develop a shared approach to and a commitment to a ‘joined up’ service delivery system between Government and the NGO sector.

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