Camden Recovery Court to Celebrate Graduation

Assignment Judge Deborah Silverman Katz announced today that the Camden Vicinage will celebrate the graduation of 28 participants from its recovery court program on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. in courtroom 63 at the Camden County Hall of Justice, 101 S. 5th Street, Camden.  

Superior Court Judge Francisco Dominguez will preside. Megan Cohen, founder of The Grace Project, will give the keynote address. Steven Salinger, vice president of the Camden County Bar Foundation, will present a scholarship to a graduate who has excelled in the program. Graduation speakers also include Assistant Camden County Prosecutor Greg Audino and Assistant Deputy Public Defenders Michele Friedman and Larrisa Rouse.  

The Judiciary’s recovery court program addresses nonviolent, addicted offenders. The program requires completion of phases of intensive drug and alcohol treatment and recovery, under court supervision. 

The vicinage’s recovery court program, which began in 1996, has 514 participants and has graduated 965 participants.