photo by: Richard Gwin

District Judge Lee Fowler conducts Lyon County’s Drug Court. The program gives offenders a second chance at getting straight with the help of a strict program set up by the judge and a team.

photo by: Richard Gwin

District Judge Lee Fowler conducts Lyon County’s Drug Court. The program gives offenders a second chance at getting straight with the help of a strict program set up by the judge and a team.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Celeste Wempe is the substance use and disorders treatment program coordinator of The Mental Health Center of East-Central Kansas. She is part of a group in Emporia that helps drug offenders get a second chance at becoming productive members of society.

District Judge Lee Fowler oversees Lyon County's Drug Court, which he helped start. The program gives offenders a second chance at getting straight with the help of a strict program set up by the judge and a team of probation officers and community treatment providers.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Jody McKinsey, 24, Emporia, has completed her first phase of Lyon County's drug rehabilitation program and is starting to move on with her life. The program gives offenders a second chance at getting straight with the help of a strict program set up by the judge and a team of probation officers and community treatment providers.