Alaska’s First Joint State-Tribal Wellness Court Officially Established

Alaska’s First Joint State-Tribal Wellness Court Officially EstablishedThe Kenaitze Indian Tribe has officially entered a historic government-to-government partnership with the Alaska Court System, signing an agreement to create a joint-jurisdiction state-tribal therapeutic court that will serve people across the central Kenai Peninsula later this year.Representatives of the tribe, state court and the Office of the

New joint tribal-state court established

New joint tribal-state court established For the first time in Alaska, there will be a joint tribal-state court. A Kenaitze tribal judge will sit side-by-side with a state judge and have equal say in decisions. It will be a wellness court that hears criminal cases involving substance abuse, and will start taking up to 20 participants

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