Section 27.31 Institutional Drug Treatment Programs

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F. (§27.31) Institutional Drug Treatment Programs

There are three drug treatment programs that a court may consider. All three of these programs have rules established by the Department of Corrections on how, when, and where a defendant may be admitted to or removed from the programs. These programs include:

Missouri post-conviction drug treatment program: This program includes both noninstitutional and institutional correctional programs for the monitoring, control, and treatment of certain drug abuse offenders and is a 120-day program. The defendants who are eligible for this program are those first-time defendants who have pled guilty to or been found guilty of violating the provisions of Chapter 195, RSMo, or whose controlled substance abuse was a precipitating or contributing factor in the commission of the offense and who are placed on probation. A defendant who fails to successfully complete the noninstitutional phase of the program may be assigned to an institutional phase. Details on this program are found in § 217.785, RSMo 2000.

Long-term program for chronic nonviolent offenders with serious substance abuse addictions: This program is found in § 217.362, RSMo Supp. 2004, and is for chronic nonviolent defendants with serious substance abuse additions who have not pleaded guilty to or been convicted of a...