{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-988.20","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-988.20","heading":"Disciplinary sanctions or incentives","body":"A. Upon proper motion to the court to modify a community\n\nsentence as provided in Section 988.19 of this title, the court\n\nshall have authority to impose disciplinary sanctions or incentives.\n\nAn order for a disciplinary sanction shall not modify the terms of\n\nthe original sentence and shall be imposed only to gain compliance\n\nwith the terms of the court-ordered community punishment. The court\n\nmay order any community punishment available and funded in the\n\njurisdiction that is deemed appropriate by the court for the\n\ncircumstance including but not limited to a term of imprisonment\n\nspecified in Section 991b of this title per motion for modification\n\nin either:\n\n1. The county jail;\n\n2. A residential treatment facility;\n\n3. A restrictive housing facility; or\n\n4. A halfway house.\n\nWhen the offender is to be confined, the sheriff shall, upon order\n\nof the court, deliver the offender to the designated place of\n\nconfinement, provided the place of confinement has an agreement for\n\nconfinement services with the local community sentencing system or\n\nis the county jail. The sheriff shall be reimbursed by the local\n\ncommunity sentencing system for transporting offenders pursuant to\n\nthis subsection. The offender shall be given day-for-day credit for\n\nany terms of incarceration served in the county jail or other\n\nrestrictive facility when the sentence is modified.\n\nB. The court may, through a standing court order, provide for\n\nspecific sanctions and incentives which may be utilized by the local\n\nadministrator upon notification to the court.\n\nC. When a motion for modification has been filed pursuant to\n\nSection 988.19 of this title, the court shall have authority to\n\noffer incentives to offenders to encourage proper conduct in the\n\ncommunity and for compliance with the community punishments. The\n\ncourt shall use its discretion in ordering appropriate incentives.\n\nIncentives shall be considered a reduction and modification to the\n\ncommunity punishment and may be ordered after the motion to modify\n\nhas been heard.\n\nD. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the driving\n\nprivileges of the offender have been suspended, revoked, canceled,\n\nor denied by Service Oklahoma for any reason other than a conviction\n\nfor reckless driving or driving under the influence pursuant to\n\nSection 11-901, 11-902, or 11.906.4 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes, and if the court determines that no other means of\n\ntransportation for the offender participating in the community\n\nsentencing program is available, the court may enter a written order\n\nrequiring Service Oklahoma to stay any and all such actions against\n\nthe Class D driving privileges of the offender. Such stay shall not\n\nbe construed to grant driving privileges to an offender who has not\n\nbeen issued a driver license by Service Oklahoma or whose Oklahoma\n\ndriver license has expired, in which case the offender shall be\n\nrequired to apply for and be found eligible for a driver license,\n\npass all examinations, if applicable, and pay all statutory driver\n\nlicense issuance or renewal fees. The offender shall provide proof\n\nof insurance to the court prior to an order for a stay of any driver\n\nlicense suspension, revocation, cancellation, or denial. When a\n\ncourt enters a stay against an order by Service Oklahoma suspending\n\nor revoking the driving privileges of an offender who is\n\nparticipating in the community sentencing program, the time period\n\nset in the order by Service Oklahoma for the suspension or\n\nrevocation shall continue to run during the stay. When an offender\n\nhas successfully completed the community sentencing program, the\n\ncourt shall determine if he or she will maintain jurisdiction over\n\nthe offender’s driving privileges for one (1) year after the date on\n\nwhich the offender graduates from the program.\n\nE. When any offender is disciplined by the court as authorized\nhe suspension or\n\nrevocation shall continue to run during the stay. When an offender\n\nhas successfully completed the community sentencing program, the\n\ncourt shall determine if he or she will maintain jurisdiction over\n\nthe offender’s driving privileges for one (1) year after the date on\n\nwhich the offender graduates from the program.\n\nE. When any offender is disciplined by the court as authorized\n\nby this section and is to be imprisoned in the county jail or other\n\nrestrictive facility, the sheriff or facility administrator shall\n\nreceive compensation as provided by their agreement with the local\n\ncommunity sentencing system, or the sheriff or facility\n\nadministrator shall be paid directly for the services by the\n\noffender when ordered to pay for the confinement as part of the\n\ndisciplinary sanction. In no event shall any compensation for\n\ndisciplinary confinement exceed the maximum amount provided for\n\ncounty jail confinement in Section 38.1 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes.\n\nF. The Department of Corrections is prohibited from accepting\n\noffenders into any state penitentiary for disciplinary sanctions.","path":["OK Code","Title 22"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os22.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"cc3c1d74d0cf6ace1b8cc9a9be93e45bede37efafd59307f75dca42f29c0a154","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-988.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-988.21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}