diff --git a/Connections/database_functions.php b/Connections/database_functions.php
index 2f658ca..9dff555 100644
--- a/Connections/database_functions.php
+++ b/Connections/database_functions.php
@@ -119,6 +119,16 @@ BANNED IDS
 
 // Ban those pesky individuals who continually refuse to follow policies and safer space agreements by contact_id
 $banned_individuals = array();
+
+/************
+PROBATION IDS
+************/				
+
+// Put individuals under probation by contact_id. Probation could be used for a variety of scenarios, 
+// an individual who may potentially become banned, or who has been deemed as worthy of coming out of a ban,
+// or someone who IOU's volunteer time for a bike they earned (generally, people should not be allowed to do
+// this in the first place), etc.
+$probation_individuals = array();
 					
 /*******
 CONTACTS
@@ -369,7 +379,7 @@ function generate_list($querySQL,$list_value,$list_text, $form_name, $default_va
 			$default_delimiter = 'selected="selected"';
 		} else { $default_delimiter = '';}
 		echo '<option style="color:' . $color . ';" value="' . $row_recordset[$list_value] . '" ' . $default_delimiter . '>' .
-				$row_recordset[$list_text] . '</option>\n';		
+				$row_recordset[$list_text] . '</option>';		
 		} while ($row_recordset = mysql_fetch_assoc($recordset));
  	$rows = mysql_num_rows($recordset);
  	if($rows > 0) {
diff --git a/js/shop.js b/js/shop.js
index 8c51a8f..fda0fdb 100644
--- a/js/shop.js
+++ b/js/shop.js
@@ -32,6 +32,23 @@ $(function(){
 	});
 
 	$(banned_list).css({backgroundColor: "red"}).prop("title", "BANNED");
+	
+	// return probation list
+	var probation_list, pl;
+	$.post("json/contact.php", {probation: 1}, function (data) { 
+		if (data) {
+			pl = $.parseJSON(data);
+			$(pl).each(function(i,v) { 
+				if (i === 0) {		
+					probation_list = "#" + v;
+				} else { 
+					probation_list = probation_list + ",#" + v; 
+				}
+			});
+		}
+	});
+
+	$(probation_list).css({backgroundColor: "#eed202"}).prop("title", "PROBATION");
 
 	// error handler for shops	with a popup dialog (TODO)	
 	function error_handler(input,error_span,error,error_text,event) {		
@@ -87,7 +104,6 @@ $(function(){
 
 	} );
 
-
 	// could have done this in php, but this separates out the view logic   
 	var membership_ids, volunteer_ids;
 	var last_index = $("#shop_log tr[id]").length;
diff --git a/json/contact.php b/json/contact.php
index 5eca1f9..81522d7 100644
--- a/json/contact.php
+++ b/json/contact.php
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ $ssl_certificate = SSL_CERTIFICATE;
 
 	}	
 	
+	// pass probation contact_id values if they exist
+	if (isset($_POST['probation'])) {
+
+		if ($probation_individuals) {
+			echo json_encode($probation_individuals);		
+		}		
+
+	}		
+	
 	// update email_list
 	if( isset($_POST['email_list']) ) {		
 					
@@ -94,7 +103,7 @@ $ssl_certificate = SSL_CERTIFICATE;
 			 CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => true,
 		    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
 		    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS     => json_encode($json),
-		);
+		); 
   
   		if ($ssl_certificate) {    
       	$curlConfig[CURLOPT_CAINFO] = $ssl_certificate;