Alternatives to Incarceration

Honor Court

The Honor Court program receives funding through the New York State Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives to provide quick, cost-effective, and responsible intervention for persons who face incarceration. Many drug-addicted persons are facing jail solely due to their addiction, and prison terms often do not help them solve the problems that lie at the root of their troubles. Treatment is the only answer.

To the courts, Honor Court offers immediate alcoholism assessment, a complete guarantee of chemical abuse evaluation and treatment, and a recommendation plan before the next scheduled court date. To the client it offers help in overcoming addiction and remaining out of already overcrowded prisons so that they may return to productive and stable lives as soon as possible.

Long waiting lists exist in treatment facilities, but this program monitors a client's progress through initial detox or approach to social services to satisfy the court's requirement for an individual's release. The program also provides alcohol and substance abuse education within the county jail setting.

Honor Court serves Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Montgomery County jails, and the courts of Albany City, Albany County, Bethlehem, Colonie, Cohoes City, Saratoga, Rensselaer County, Troy City, and Montgomery.

Altamont II

The Altamont II program is also funded through the New York State Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives. The goal of this program is to reduce overcrowding and unnecessary incarcerations in Onondaga, Oneida, Warren, Washington, Fulton, Montgomery, and Westchester Counties by presenting a program model for a short-term residential alternative to incarceration.

The target population is drug-involved and alcohol-involved detainees and convicted offenders who would otherwise be sentenced to 30 days or more and would not otherwise receive any rehabilitation services.

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Honor Court
Sister Phyllis Herbert, Director
134 Franklin Street
Albany, NY 12202
tel: (518) 432-9001
fax: (518) 432-1776