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Latah County Mental Health Treatment Court

The Latah County Mental Health Treatment Court is designed for high-risk, high-need participants who need intensive treatment and closer supervision. The program runs for a minimum of 17 months and includes regular review hearings before the court.

This page covers the court’s schedule, location, and Zoom details, the testing requirements and testing location, and the treatment providers and team members who support participants.

You will also find the eligibility requirements, the screening process, the referral form, and answers to frequently asked questions. Before acceptance, a defendant must complete the mandatory evaluations and be accepted by the team, coordinator, judge, and prosecutor.

Hon. Megan Marshall

Presiding Judge


P.O. Box 8068
Moscow, ID 83843
Phone: 208-882-8580
Fax: 208-883-2259

Elizabeth Reynolds

Court Coordinator


Email: [email protected]
Phone: 208-301-8612
Fax: 208-883-3357

Important Note

Prior to being accepted into any Treatment Diversion Court, the defendant must complete some MANDATORY evaluations and be "accepted" by the Team, Coordinator, Judge, and prosecutor. These forms are for informational purposes only. The official contract will be provided to your attorney upon completion of required evaluations.

District 2 Treatment Court Policy Manual - January 2025 (PDF)(opens in new tab)

In This Page

  • Mental Health Court Schedule
  • Drug Testing
  • What is Mental Health Court?
  • Mental Health Court Team Members
  • Treatment
  • How to apply
  • FAQs

Mental Health Court Schedule

Staffing

1st-4th Monday’s at 3:00pm

Court Session

1st-4th Monday’s at 4:00pm

Location

522 S. Adams Street, Courtroom 1

Zoom Information

Meeting ID: 979 2030 0806
Passcode: 519877

Phase 1 - 2

Attends court the 1st-4th Monday’s of the month

Phase 3

Attends court the 1st and 3rd Monday’s of the month

Phase 4-5

Attends court the 1st Monday of the month

Drug Testing

Mental Health Court requires random and frequent testing on all participants who are in the program. Testing occurs on a random basis on any days during the week, weekends and holidays. Participants will call the UA line every single day according to the procedure set by their program. All positive tests are sent in for confirmation.

Location of Testing

Riverside Recovery

Time of Testing

10:30am to 12:00pm

Phone Number

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Participants may request to drug test at another location in District 2. Please reach out to the Coordinator for more information.

What is Mental Health Court?

Mental Health Court is designed for high risk/high need offenders who are suffering from severe and persistent mental illness. Mental Health Court provides intensive outpatient treatment, medication management, individual and group counseling, increased supervision and weekly review hearings with the Mental Health Court Judge. Mental Health Court is designed to keep mentally ill offenders out of the prison system. Mental Health Court follows evidence-based practice in the design and implementation of their programs. Participants are expected to follow program rules and participate in treatment. The length of the program ranges between 17-24 months long followed by a period of supervised probation of at least 6 months. Upon graduation, participants may receive a reduction in sentence, dismissal or avoid imposition of sentence and/or prison (riders). Participants are subject to sanctions and incentives depending on their progress in the program.

When did the program start? 2012

Mental Health Court Team Members

  • Judge Megan Marshall
  • Prosecutor Stephen Kwiatkowski

Public Defender

  • Sandra Lockett
  • Deborah McCormick
  • Catherine Mabbutt
  • Nicholas Smiley-Kallas

Treatment Providers Riverside Recovery

  • Sarah Bennett

Idaho Department of Corrections Probation & Parole

  • Aaron Wilder

Treatment

Latah County Mental Health Court currently partners with Riverside Recovery. Their office is located at ____________________, Moscow ID. Upon initial application to Mental Health Court, the participant will meet with one of the counselors at DHW for a mental health evaluation. Based upon the assessment recommendations and acceptance to the program, the participant will be assigned groups and an individual counselor. All participants must apply for Medicaid.

How to apply

Anyone may refer a person to Mental Health Court. Typically, a defendant's attorney will refer their client to the program. If you would like to refer your client to Mental Health Court, please review our eligibility requirements first, then fill out the referral form below and submit to [email protected]. If the defendant's case is out of county, please check with the coordinator first to see if they are accepting out of county cases at that time.

Archive

Treatment Court Referral Form - 2025 (PDF, 148.88 KB)(opens in new tab)

  • Must be currently charged with a felony or misdemeanor offense related to their mental illness or a felony probation violation related to mental illness.

  • ·        LSI between 18-40

  • ·        Assessment indicating a severe and persistent mental illness

  • ·              Bipolar

  • ·              Major Depression (Severe/Recurrent)

  • ·              Schizophrenia

  • ·              Psychotic Disorder

  • ·        Cannot have pled, found guilty, adjudicated or charged with a felony sex offense (juvenile or adult)

  • ·        Charges must be related to lack of managing mental illness

  • ·        Violent charges are reviewed on a case-by-case basis

  • ·        Pled guilty to charges as agreed upon by the Prosecuting Attorney and the Defense Attorney

After being referred to Mental Health Court, the Coordinator will make contact with the defendant for a screening to further determine eligibility. After completing the screening the defendant will meet with a Probation Officer for an LSI Evaluation. Upon completing the LSI, the defendant will meet with a representative from the Department of Health and Welfare for a mental health evaluation. After all of these appointments are completed, the defendant’s case will be presented to the Latah County Mental Health Court Team during staffing. Determining of Mental Health Court eligibility is completed within 4-8 weeks.

If the defendant is accepted:

1.     Defendant must enter a guilty plea or plead guilty to their probation violations

2.     Defendant, attorney, prosecutor, drug court judge will sign the contract and file with the drug court clerk

3.     Defendant, attorney, prosecutor will sign the disposition agreement and file with the drug court clerk

4.     All documents must be completed at change of plea/sentencing/disposition, please complete the contract and file with the court.

If the defendant is denied, their case is returned to their sentencing judge for further proceedings.

FAQs

Mental Health Court length is determined by the participant’s progress, but is a minimum of 17 months and consists of:


·        Weekly Review Hearings

·        Substance Use Treatment (individual counseling and group counseling)

·        Intensive community supervision (felony probation)

·        Referrals to housing, education, vocational training, employment, specialized counseling

·        Random and frequent drug testing

·        Rewards and sanctions are used to change behaviors

·        Upon graduation- 6 months of supervised probation minimum


  • Verbal Warning

  • Paper

  • Curfew Reduction

  • Increased Supervision

  • Community Service

  • GPS Monitoring

  • Jail

  • Termination

A participant may be terminated from the program for failure to comply with their contract. The Mental Health Court team decides whether or not to terminate a participant from the program. The Judge makes the final determination in the case of terminating a participant from the program. If the team decides to terminate, the participant’s probation officer will submit a probation violation to the defendant’s original judge. The participant will return before their original judge for a PV disposition hearing and sentencing.

Upon graduation, the participant will return back to supervision under Felony Probation and Parole for a minimum of six months. Once they have graduated from Mental Health Court, they are no longer in the Mental Health Court program. Mental Health Court graduates may speak with their probation officer and/or attorney if they would like to be released from supervision earlier. Ultimately, the disposition agreement will dictate what occurs upon graduation from Mental Health Court. 

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