Circuit Drug Court

Brenda Mathis, Director Hinds County Circuit Drug Court Hinds County Courthouse 407 East Pascagoula St. Jackson, MS 39205 Phone:  601.714.6200 Fax:  601.714.6391 Office hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday (Except on legal holiday) Map to our Office

Mission Statement

What are Drug Courts?

Goals:

• Provide treatment as an alternative to incarceration
  
  
• Encourage a support system with family involvement
  
  
• Reduce criminal activities among drug a busing offenders
  
  
• Reintegrate the offender back into society as a drug free law abiding tax paying citizen
  
  

Eligibility Criteria

• Non-violent felon offenders
  
  
• Age 17 and older with medium to high level of alcohol or drug use
  
  
• Must be eligible under Mississippi law to be placed in a non-adjudicated status or receive a suspended sentence; not included are the severely mentally Impaired
  
  
• No persons are eligible who are charged with committing violent crimes, or those involving the sale, or possession with intent to sell or transfer controlled substances
  
  
• Some property crimes will be eligible on a case-by-case basis if the offense relates to drug addiction
  
  

Staff

Drug Court Judge

Program Director

Probation Officer