Incarcerating Drug Court clients would cost nearly $20 million; statewide Drug Court program costs only $3 million

Here's an excerpt from the Judiciary's testimony to the Legislature:

it would cost about $19.6 million to incarcerate everyone for one year, as compared to the entire adult drug court appropriation for FY 2010 of just over $3 million

And here's a link to the .pdf of the entire 7-page testimony to be presented on Wednesday:

http://www.courts.state.hi.us/docs/news_and_reports_docs/legislative_update/HB2000%28WAM%29.pdf