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Philadelphia Treatment Court |
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Public Health Management Corporation, with funding from OAS, provides evaluation and case management services to offenders brought before Philadelphia Treatment Court (PTC). Treatment Court offers first time drug felony offenders an opportunity to be evaluated for substance abuse treatment and, if treatment is needed, to plead nolo contendere to their crime, enter a treatment program under close judicial supervision, which requires frequent court appearances, to avoid incarceration. Failure to complete the treatment and requirements may result in incarceration whereas completion qualifies the participant to have his/her criminal record expunged after remaining arrest-free for one year.
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