217.378. Regimented discipline program (boot camp) established, rules--eligibility--sentence by court, when--probation, when--failure to complete program, effect.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

217.378. Regimented discipline program (boot camp) established, rules--eligibility--sentence by court, when--probation, when--failure to complete program, effect.

Regimented discipline program (boot camp) established,rules--eligibility--sentence by court, when--probation,when--failure to complete program, effect.

217.378. 1. As used in this section, the term "Missouriregimented discipline program" means a program of institutionalcorrectional alternatives in discipline, exercise, and treatment.

2. The department of corrections shall establish byregulation the Missouri regimented discipline program includingrules determining how and when a defendant shall be admitted intoor removed from the program.

3. Eligibility for the court to impose a sentence to theMissouri regimented discipline program requires:

(1) That the individual so sentenced is on felony probationat the time of the court's consideration, that the conditions ofthe probation have been violated, that the probationer is subjectto revocation and that other community alternatives have beenexhausted; or

(2) The court determines that in the absence of the Missouriregimented discipline program the individual would be committedto the department of corrections to serve a prison term; and

(3) The availability of space in the program which shall bedetermined by the department of corrections. If the court isadvised that there is no space available, the court shallconsider other authorized dispositions;

(4) That the individual so sentenced must be between the ageof seventeen and twenty-five and shall not have a prior felonyconviction.

4. Any time prior to one hundred twenty days aftercommitment of such defendant to the department, the departmentshall prepare and file with the circuit court a report on theprogress of the defendant in the Missouri regimented disciplineprogram.

5. If, within one hundred twenty days after commitment ofthe defendant, the court is advised by the department ofcorrections of the individual's successful completion of theregimented discipline program, the court shall cause theindividual to be placed on probation prior to the expiration ofthe one-hundred-twenty-day period. Failure of the individual tocomplete the program shall be cause to void the right to beconsidered for probation on this sentence and the individual willserve the sentence prescribed.