Section 27.30 Shock Detention and Short-Term Shock Programs

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E. (§27.30) Shock Detention and Short-Term Shock Programs

A defendant in either a misdemeanor or a felony case who has been granted probation may be ordered by the court to serve a period of detention in a county jail, halfway house, honor center, workhouse, or other institution. This shock detention is in addition to other conditions the court may impose for the probation period. The period of detention in a misdemeanor case cannot exceed the shorter of 15 days or the maximum term of imprisonment authorized for the misdemeanor under Chapter 558, RSMo. The period of detention in a felony case cannot exceed 120 days. Any period of detention served by the defendant is to be credited against the prison or jail term served for the offense for which the detention was imposed if the probation of the defendant is later revoked. Section 559.026, RSMo Supp. 2004.

The court is authorized in § 559.115.2, RSMo Supp. 2004, to grant probation to a defendant any time up to one 120 days after the defendant has been delivered to the Department of Corrections. The court may request and receive from the Department information and a recommendation regarding the defendant and the defendant’s conduct during the incarceration period. Except as otherwise provided by statute, the court may place the defendant on probation in a program created under § 217.777, RSMo 2000, or on...