A cart waits to take her personal belongings away from her office as Judge Sabra puts on her robes for the last time to conduct drug court. After 18 years as the presiding judge of New Bedford District Court, Bernadette Sabra will will retire on Jan. 11. She presided over the drug court at New Bedford District Court, a specialty court that emphasizes treatment, testing and monitoring of adjudicated offenders to stop recidivism, for most of her 18 years. The goal of the court, which meets once a week, is to treat an offender’s addiction and stop the need to commit crimes.
A cart waits to take her personal belongings away from her office as Judge Sabra puts on her robes for the last time to conduct drug court. After 18 years as the presiding judge of New Bedford District Court, Bernadette Sabra will will retire on Jan. 11. She presided over the drug court at New Bedford District Court, a specialty court that emphasizes treatment, testing and monitoring of adjudicated offenders to stop recidivism, for most of her 18 years. The goal of the court, which meets once a week, is to treat an offender’s addiction and stop the need to commit crimes.