I am confident that this solution is feasible because Judges around the world are already aiming to treat instead of just punishing. DUI courts are being implemented and Judges are now trying to use their courtrooms to conduct substance abuse interventions with defendants who plead guilty to DUI. This includes sentencing rehab rather than jail times, then having probation officers check in on their progress every week. There are signs the DUI courts are working. Since he started one of the nation's first DWI courts in 1997, Judge Hoffman says his recidivism rates have fallen to 13.5% from about 45%.
