TO REQUIRE A PERIOD OF INCARCERATION FOR DEFENDANTS WHO REPEATEDLY VIOLATE THE TERMS OF THEIR PROBATION OR SUSPENDED SENTENCE.

House Bill 1871 amends Arkansas law regarding defendants who repeatedly violate the terms of their probation or suspended sentence. The bill mandates that if a defendant has their probation or suspended sentence revoked at least three times, a subsequent violation would require the court to sentence them to incarceration. This period of confinement must be at least equal to the original term of imprisonment for the offense. This change directly affects defendants with multiple probation or suspended sentence violations by limiting judicial discretion in those specific cases.