Adult Specialty Courts
Hastings, MI 49058
Adult Drug Court: (269) 945-1433
Sobriety Court: (269) 945-1395
Swift & Sure Sanctions Probation Program: (269) 945-1395
Fax: (269) 945-1430
Business Hours:
Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. We are closed on all State and Federal holidays. The office occasionally closes to accommodate the Court schedule.
Drug Testing Hotline: (269) 945-1387
Program participants must call every day, 4:30 AM – 11:30 AM to determine if their color is called. The daily message ends promptly at 11:30 AM. We will not provide daily testing/color information via office phone, however participants can visit the office in person to ask if their color was called.
Drug Testing Sites/Times*:
Monday – Friday – Adult Specialty Courts – Office 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM & 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Saturday & Sunday – Barry County Jail – 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Holidays – Barry County Jail – 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
*In the event of an unexpected Court closing on a regularly scheduled business day, such as weather closings, participants will not test that day. It is the participant’s responsibility to confirm that the Court is closed.
Program Overview
The Barry County Trial Court provides the following adult specialty court services to eligible adult misdemeanor and felony offenders who are court-ordered into programming. Each office has different eligibility criteria and requirements for participation and successful completion:
Adult Drug Court: The Barry County 5th Circuit Adult Drug Court is a felony specialty court program for local substance addicted or abusing offenders who have demonstrated a need for enhanced supervision. It is designed to achieve compliance with probationary terms and to rehabilitate participating offenders by providing appropriate intervention through treatment, rehabilitative programming, incentives, sanctions, and enhanced monitoring while maintaining community safety.
Sobriety Court: The 56B District Sobriety Court is a misdemeanor specialty court program for local substance addicted or abusing offenders who have demonstrated a need for enhanced supervision. It is designed to achieve compliance with probationary terms and to rehabilitate participating offenders by providing appropriate intervention through treatment, rehabilitative programming, incentives, sanctions, and enhanced monitoring while maintaining community safety.
Swift & Sure Sanctions Probation Program: The Barry County 5th Circuit Court Swift & Sure Sanctions Probation Program is a felony specialty court program for local high-risk offenders who have demonstrated a need for enhanced supervision due to a history of probation failures or repeated probation violations. It is designed to achieve compliance with probationary terms through the use of quick, predictable, and graduated sanctions for non-compliance. Emphasis is placed on accountability and behavior ownership while promoting community safety with felony offenders who would otherwise be prison-bound.