ALL WINNERS –
May 15, 2026 – Participants enter guilty pleas and their sentencings are postponed for an intensive supervisory program lasting a minimum of sixteen months. Upon graduation, participants are placed on an additional period of supervised probation.
Participants pass through phases as they progress, attending substance use treatment, mental health treatment, and self-help meetings, perform community service, engage in work force training, further their education, and seek employment. DTC meets in the courtroom every week where the presiding judge, the Honorable Julia Martz Fisher, along with the DTC staff, including representatives of the State’s Attorney’s Office, the Office of the Public Defender, Parole and Probation, the Frederick Police Department, and treatment providers review participants’ progress since the last court session. The Court holds a graduation ceremony periodically to celebrate those individuals who have successfully completed the program.
