Judge Carroll Strong Advocate For People Wanting Alcohol And Drug Treatment

The idea that Judge Carroll has turned a blind eye to our community’s current spike in heroin related deaths is simply not true. It does not adequately reflect Judge Carroll’s commitment to finding common sense solutions to non-violent drug related offenders. I have been working with Judge Carroll for over ten years helping to rehabilitate drug and alcohol offenders through long-term residential care rather than spending tax payer dollars on the expensive incarceration of non-violent drug offenders.

Judge Carroll is actively engaged with the placement of non-violent drug offenders into recovery programs in an attempt to encourage a healthy recovery path for those offenders struggling with the disease of addiction. It is important that the community recognizes Judge Carroll’s on going commitment to diverting drug offenders from the criminal justice system and into local drug and alcohol treatment programs. My ten year relationship with Judge Carroll has produced many success stories. Together we are committed to advancing the health and well-being of the addicts and alcoholics who may appear in Lakewood Court.

I am the executive director of The Lantern Center for Recovery. This is a nonprofit agency that has been providing free long term residential care for alcoholics and drug addicts since 2010. Judge Carroll has worked with The Lantern to provide treatment in lieu of incarceration on numerous occasions. This is a common sense approach toward addressing the devastating impact addiction can have on these individuals and the broader community. Judge Carroll has been actively engaged in our local recovery community and has been a staunch supporter of treatment in lieu of jail his entire judicial career. He takes the long view of addiction by promoting and encouraging addicts and alcoholics to receive the care they deserve.

Judge Carroll is very committed to the recovery process and his record proves this. I only wish more judges were as committed to recovery and advancing the health and well being of men and women suffering with the disease of addiction.