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	State	Statute	Description/Statute Name	Statutory language	Type of poverty penalty or poverty trap	Level of offense	Mandatory
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Massachusetts	Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 119, § 58B	Delinquency — Motor Vehicle Violations by Juveniles; Non-Criminal Fines Authorized.	Any fine imposed under the authority of this section shall be collected, recovered and paid over in the manner provided by chapters two hundred and seventy–nine and two hundred and + See more eighty; provided, however, that if any child shall neglect, fail or refuse to pay a fine imposed under this section, he may be arrested upon order of the court and brought before the court, which may thereupon place him in the care of a probation officer or commit him to the custody of the department of youth services; but no such child shall be committed to any jail, house of correction, or correctional institution of the commonwealth.	Condition or extension of supervision, Other	Traffic	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Massachusetts	Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 2A(g)	Proof of Indigency Required.	The court may authorize a person for whom counsel was appointed to perform community service in lieu of payment of the counsel fee. A person seeking to work off a + See more counsel fee in community service shall perform 10 hours of community service, in a community service program administered by the administrative office of the trial court, for each $100 owed in legal counsel fees, which may be prorated. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a court proceeding shall not be terminated and the person shall not be discharged if the person owes any portion of the legal counsel fee imposed by this section. The clerk shall not release any bail posted on such court proceeding until the legal counsel fee is satisfied in accordance with this chapter.	Community service, Property liens	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Massachusetts	Ma. Dist./Mun. Ct. R. Prob. Violation Rule 8(d)	Finding and disposition	After the court has entered a finding that a violation of probation has occurred, the court may order any of the following dispositions set forth below, as it deems appropriate. + See more These dispositional alternatives shall be the exclusive options available to the court. The court shall proceed to determine disposition promptly following the entry of a finding of violation. General continuances are prohibited. Awaiting the disposition of an underlying criminal charge shall not constitute such good cause for any continuance. In determining its disposition, the court shall give such weight as it may deem appropriate to the recommendation of the Probation Department, the probationer, and the District Attorney, if any, and to such factors as public safety; the circumstances of any crime for which the probationer was placed on probation; the nature of the probation violation; the occurrence of any previous violations; and the impact of the underlying crime on any person or community, as well as any mitigating factors. (i) Continuance of Probation. The court may decline to modify or revoke probation and, instead, issue to the probationer such admonition or instruction as it may deem appropriate. (ii) Termination. The court may terminate the probation order. (iii) Modification. The court may modify the conditions of probation. Such modification may include the addition of reasonable conditions and the extension of the duration of the probation order. (iv) Revocation, statement of reasons. The court may order that the order of probation be revoked. If the court orders revocation, it shall state the reasons therefor in writing.	Condition or extension of supervision	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Missouri	Mo. Ann. Stat. § 559.016(3)	Terms of probation - extension	The court may extend a period of probation, however, no more than one extension of any probation may be ordered except that the court may extend the total time on + See more probation by one additional year by order of the court if the defendant admits he or she has violated the conditions of his or her probation or is found by the court to have violated the conditions of his or her probation.	Condition or extension of supervision	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Missouri	Mo. Ann. Stat. § 559.021(2)(1)	Conditions of probation--compensation of victims--free work, public or charitable--defendant not an employee for workers’ compensation purposes--payment to county restitution fund, when	In addition to such other authority as exists to order conditions of probation, the court may order such conditions as the court believes will serve to compensate the victim, any + See more dependent of the victim, any statutorily created fund for costs incurred as a result of the offender's actions, or society. Such conditions may include restorative justice methods pursuant to section 217.777, or any other method that the court finds just or appropriate including, but not limited to: (1) Restitution to the victim or any dependent of the victim, or statutorily created fund for costs incurred as a result of the offender's actions in an amount to be determined by the judge.	Condition or extension of supervision	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Missouri	Mo. Ann. Stat. § 600.093	Probation, payment for services may be condition	The court may require a defendant to repay all or a part of the value of the legal services rendered by the state public defender system as a condition of + See more probation.	Condition or extension of supervision	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Missouri	Mo. Ann. Stat. § 559.105	Restitution may be ordered for tampering and stealing offenses--limitation on release from probation--payment	1. Any person who has been found guilty of or has pled guilty to an offense may be ordered by the court to make restitution to the victim for the + See more victim's losses due to such offense. Restitution pursuant to this section shall include, but not be limited to a victim's reasonable expenses to participate in the prosecution of the crime. 2. No person ordered by the court to pay restitution pursuant to this section shall be released from probation until such restitution is complete. If full restitution is not made within the original term of probation, the court shall order the maximum term of probation allowed for such offense. 3. Any person eligible to be released on parole shall be required, as a condition of parole, to make restitution pursuant to this section. The board of probation and parole shall not release any person from any term of parole for such offense until the person has completed such restitution, or until the maximum term of parole for such offense has been served. 4. The court may set an amount of restitution to be paid by the defendant. Said amount may be taken from the inmate's account at the department of corrections while the defendant is incarcerated. Upon conditional release or parole, if any amount of such court-ordered restitution is unpaid, the payment of the unpaid balance may be collected as a condition of conditional release or parole by the prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney under section 559.100. The prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney may refer any failure to make such restitution as a condition of conditional release or parole to the parole board for enforcement.	Condition or extension of supervision	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Missouri	Mo. Rev. Stat. § 600.089	Parolees to pay for representation, when	If the public defender commission has obtained a judgment against an offender in the custody of the department of corrections, and the offender is later paroled and becomes financially able + See more to pay all or some part of such judgment, he shall be required, as a condition of his continued parole, to pay over to the public defender commission such amounts as he can reasonably pay, either by a single payment or by installments of reasonable amounts, in accordance with the schedule of charges for public defender services prepared pursuant to section 600.090.	Condition or extension of supervision	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Rhode Island	R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-19-8.1	Conditions of probation	(a) The following shall constitute basic conditions of probation applicable to all defendants upon whom a period of probation has been imposed: (8) Pay restitution, court costs, and fines, if + See more assessed, in one or several sums, based on the defendant's ability to pay; and	Condition or extension of supervision	All	No

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