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Rockefeller Drug Law reforms drove problem-solving court enrollment, new report finds

Apr 7, 2026

Enrollment in treatment courts as an alternative to incarceration has drastically increased since New York’s landmark drug sentencing reforms in 2009, according to new research by the Data Collaborative for Justice and the Center for Justice Innovation. While the report found little evidence that the reforms directly fueled the decline in arrests and incarceration, they coincided with a broad shift towards treatment-based responses to drug offenses in courts across New York.

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