CA AB1744

Extends the authorization for courts to use flash incarceration as a probation violation sanction from January 1, 2023 to January 1, 2028.

Flash incarceration allows detention in county jail for 1-10 consecutive days for violations of probation or mandatory supervision conditions, with defendant waiver required at time of probation grant.

Requires county probation departments to develop response matrices establishing graduated sanction protocols and supervisor approval before imposing flash incarceration terms.

Mandates probation departments notify the court, public defender, district attorney, and sheriff of each flash incarceration imposition.

Specifies that credits earned for flash incarceration under Section 1203.35 count toward the term to be served if probation or mandatory supervision is revoked.