'It's a groundbreaking piece of the puzzle,' one judge said.
Elmo made an appearance in a Cook County courtroom Wednesday - sort of.Wednesday was training for drug treatment court and drug treatment personnel from All Rise, with the help of videos from "Sesame Street" in Communities.
It's a pilot program with three courts in the country, offering resources to help the children of defendants dealing with addiction and the criminal justice system. "It's a groundbreaking piece of the puzzle that addressing the issues family face, not just the individual," Cook County Drug Court Judge Charles Burns said.
Burns oversees the drug treatment court in which defendants can have their charges dropped if they successfully complete drug treatment.
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