Springfield’s SMART Court has its first cohort

SPRINGFIELD – Springfield’s only treatment court to be solely focused on those who commit crimes within city limits, the Springfield Municipal Adult Rehabilitation and Treatment (SMART) Court, now has just over a dozen people enrolled.

There are eight women and six men, aged 22-51, who were deemed to be at significant risk for committing new crimes or not completing less intensive dispositions. Many also have high social service needs – such as trauma, unstable housing…