State defunding of Treatment Court and Community Corrections
Summary
Indiana's Department of Correction pulled all state funding — about $323,000 — from the county's Treatment Court starting in 2027. The program treats about 135 people with drug and alcohol addictions instead of jailing them, cutting felony rearrests 37% and saving $6,777 per participant. Without it, the jail could hit capacity by early next year and cost taxpayers $2 million a year in outside housing.
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Last discussed Jul 29, 2026.
Impact analysis
Losing the program could cost the county about $2 million a year in out-of-county jail housing, and the county may have to make up the $323,000 itself.
Everyone — participants get treatment instead of jail, and taxpayers avoid multimillion-dollar incarceration costs.
If funding isn't restored, residents could foot the bill for jail overcrowding and the state's decision.
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