with people who have been through what you ve been through and have face that struggle and want to talk you about how you ve made it through to the other side. if you spend the other half of your time trying to make sure that this program continues for those down the road. how widespread, how many people do you think that this could help? well, we know that problem-solving courts are incredibly effective. just sending an individual to prison, there s a 50% chance that they are going to return. they are going to recidivate. but when we look at the results of specialty courts like the veterans treatment court in drug court, nationally we only have a 3% recidivism rate. as we are looking kind of at where we want to go with the future of our justice system, i am a big advocate for second chances. i was given a second chance and a second chance really saved my life. i m seeing the amazing results that can come when we work