She considered the penalty, for repeat disqualified driving, an end point to her many years of offending caused by illicit-drug addiction.

Townsend thanked magistrate Richard Funston when he finalised her charges in Albury Local Court on Monday.

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Defence lawyer Mitchell Irwin said the five months his 53-year-old client had spent in jail had "allowed her to sober up".

"She's had enough," Mr Irwin said of Townsend's long history of offending.

Mr Funston agreed her criminal past was significant.

"I couldn't even count up the number of driving while disqualifieds you've had," he pointed out to Townsend on setting a non-parole term of four months.

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Prosecutor Sergeant Andrew Coombs told Mr Funston that Townsend was on parole at the time for like offences.

The Lavington woman, appearing via a video link to jail, pleaded guilty to two second-offence charges of driving while disqualified and one of failing to appear on bail.

Mr Irwin said Townsend, who could be seen using a crutch to enter her jail video suite, had faced significant health challenges in recent months, including hospital treatment for kidney issues and one of her knees.

She had also battled substance abuse for more than two decades.

"Some time ago, in 1998, she lost her son and since then it's been a downward spiral," Mr Irwin said.

Police told the court that Townsend, who had her learner driver's licence expire back in 1988, was detected driving while disqualified in North Albury on November 1 and again on December 6.

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