Seventy-five people are expected to be enrolled within a year in Wisconsin's first treatment court targeting drunk drivers, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on July 15.  Residents of Waukesha County are eligible for the program upon their third drunk driving offense as long at they have no prior violent felony convictions. 

The program matches up offenders with a treatment option that rewards them for continued success and punishes them for failure to meet standards.  Success in the four-phase program can lead to reductions in jail time, less participation in self-help groups, and less supervision.  Treatment, support groups, and meetings with treatment court program coordinator Mo Foley and program case manager Kristy Gusse are the requirements of the program.

One phase of the program also requires wearing an ankle bracelet known as a Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor (SCRAM), which detects alcohol consumption through perspiration.  Waukesha County Circuit Judge Kathryn Foster decides which participants are allowed to wear the bracelet instead of doing jail time. 

With 22 participants at present, Foster believes that this program will work since it has worked in other jurisdictions.  "I think we are doing as well as can be expected in the short time we have been operating," says Foster.