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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.128 - Employee held hostage eligible for paid leave of absence.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1989
217.128. Employee held hostage eligible for paid leave of absence. —
In the event that an employee of the department is determined to have been held hostage, the employee shall be eligible for paid leave of absence for a period of up to sixty days, as determined by a licensed physician, psychiatrist, or licensed psychologist to be necessary for recovery from stress. Such paid leave shall not be charged against any of the employee's vacation or other accumulated leave accounts.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 587 § 1, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.130 - Living quarters furnished to employees, fees.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995, 2 histories
217.130. Living quarters furnished to employees, fees. —
The department may provide any employee in any correctional center under its control with living quarters on the grounds of its correctional centers. A fee shall be charged based on a rate schedule established by the department.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 23, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.135 - Food furnished in correctional center, employees to purchase, exception.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
217.135. Food furnished in correctional center, employees to purchase, exception. —
Any purchase of food in any correctional center other than the usual quantity purchased for the offenders in the correctional center, to be used by or for anyone other than the offenders of the correctional center, shall be charged directly to the individual responsible for the purchase. The department may authorize employees of the correctional center to receive one meal without cost per work shift.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 24, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.137 - Prisoner transfers by United States treaty with foreign governments — governor's powers — director's duties.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1982
217.137. Prisoner transfers by United States treaty with foreign governments — governor's powers — director's duties. —
If a treaty in effect between the United States and a foreign country provides for the transfer or exchange of convicted offenders to the country of which they are citizens or nationals, the governor may, on behalf of the state and subject to the terms of the treaty, authorize the director of the department to consent to the transfer or exchange of offenders and take any other action necessary to initiate the participation of this state in the treaty.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 57)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.138 - Construction of correctional centers by private entities for state and political subdivisions — housing of state's offenders in city or county jails, costs.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
217.138. Construction of correctional centers by private entities for state and political subdivisions — housing of state's offenders in city or county jails, costs. —
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department, or any city or county or any combination of cities or counties or cities and counties after notification to the department, may contract with private entities for the construction of correctional centers. The department may also contract with any city or county to place sentenced offenders with such city or county for housing and maintenance for the remainder of their sentence at a cost to be determined between the contracting parties.
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(L. 1987 S.B. 209 § 1, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.139 - Sexual offenders of children, pilot treatment program — costs, how paid — department's duties — annual report.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1990
217.139. Sexual offenders of children, pilot treatment program — costs, how paid — department's duties — annual report. —
1. The department of corrections shall design and implement a pilot program for the treatment of individuals who, in the absence of such program, would be committed to the department of corrections or placed on unsupervised probation for a sexual offense involving a child. Under such program the costs of treatment and supervision shall be paid by the individuals referred to the program by the court. Such pilot community corrections program shall be patterned as closely as is practicable after the successful "Restitution, Treatment and Training" program which was developed in the state of Oregon.
2. The department of corrections shall implement the program required pursuant to this section by January 1, 1992, and shall report annually to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tem of the senate on the effectiveness of the program.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1370, et al. § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.141 - Electrified security fence systems authorized.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
217.141. Electrified security fence systems authorized. —
1. The department of corrections shall install high voltage electrified security fence systems at all existing and proposed maximum security correctional centers. The department of corrections may, in its discretion, design and install high voltage electrified security fence systems at any or all existing and proposed medium security correctional centers.
2. All reasonable and necessary precautions consistent with industry standards shall be taken by the department to protect the safety of the local community and department personnel.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 424 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.160 - Division director, power of appointment of certain personnel — qualifications — to be full-time employee.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1989, 2 histories
217.160. Division director, power of appointment of certain personnel — qualifications — to be full-time employee. —
1. Any division director, subject to the supervision of the director, shall exercise for the division the powers and duties of an appointing authority under chapter 36 to employ personnel, for the performance of the duties and responsibilities of the division.
2. The division director shall be a person of recognized character and integrity and shall have education, training and experience appropriate to the responsibilities of the division of which he is the director. He shall be a citizen of the United States but need not be a citizen of the state of Missouri at the time of his appointment.
3. The director shall be a full-time employee of the division and shall hold no other regular, compensated position while serving as a director of the division.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 32, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.165 - Chief administrative officers of each correctional center, appointment.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
217.165. Chief administrative officers of each correctional center, appointment. —
The department director shall in accordance with chapter 36 appoint for each correctional center a chief administrative officer.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 33, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.170 - Chief administrative officers, duties.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995, 2 histories
217.170. Chief administrative officers, duties. —
The chief administrative officers of the correctional centers, subject to the directives of the department director and the division director, shall have charge, control and management of their correctional centers.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 34, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.175 - Rules and regulations, division director's authority to promulgate.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
217.175. Rules and regulations, division director's authority to promulgate. —
The division directors shall make such rules, regulations and orders as are proper and necessary for the management of the correctional centers and programs under their control.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 35, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.180 - Annual report of division, contents.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1989, 2 histories
217.180. Annual report of division, contents. —
The division directors shall submit an annual report at the request of the director of the department. Such report shall contain the information required and requested by the director.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 36, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.185 - Reports by chief administrative officers, monthly, to division director, contents.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
217.185. Reports by chief administrative officers, monthly, to division director, contents. —
The chief administrative officer of each correctional center shall make monthly reports to the appropriate division director of the previous month's activities, which shall include:
(1) A report of all admissions to and discharges from his correctional center;
(2) A report of all assaults, deaths and escapes from his correctional center;
(3) A report of all complaints filed with the chief administrative officer of the correctional center; and
(4) Any other information requested by the division director.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 37, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.195 - Canteen to be established — inmate canteen fund established, purpose, moneys, how spent.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
• Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories
217.195. Canteen to be established — inmate canteen fund established, purpose, moneys, how spent. —
1. With the approval of the director of the department of corrections, the chief administrative officer of any correctional center operated by the division may establish and operate a canteen or commissary for the use and benefit of the offenders.
2. The "Inmate Canteen Fund" is hereby established in the state treasury and shall consist of funds received from the operation of the inmate canteens. The acquisition cost of goods sold and other expenses shall be paid from this account. A minimum amount of money necessary to meet cash flow needs and current operating expenses may be kept in this fund. The proceeds generated from the operation of the inmate canteens shall be expended solely for any of the following, or combination thereof: the offenders in the improvement of recreational, religious, educational services, or reentry services. All interest earned by the fund shall be credited to the fund and shall be used solely for the purposes described in this section. The provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary notwithstanding, any money remaining in the inmate canteen fund at the end of the biennium shall be retained for the purposes specified in this section and shall not revert to the credit of or be transferred to general revenue.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 39, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424, A.L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.197 - Offender personal property, allowed when — unauthorized property, disposition of.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
217.197. Offender personal property, allowed when — unauthorized property, disposition of. —
1. The amount and type of personal property an offender housed in a correctional center may possess shall be established by policy. Control and disposition of offender property as related to value and volume shall be set by policy.
2. Unauthorized personal property found in the possession of an offender housed in a correctional center may be impounded and disposed of per policy directives.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 408 § 1, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
(1992) Revision of statute reflects legislative intent to relegate the management of prisoners' property to institution policy and therefore involves discretionary functions which are within the scope of official immunity. State v. Brown, 847 S.W.2d (Mo. App. W.D.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.199 - Feminine hygiene products, available at no cost to female offenders.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 14 Jul 2021, see footnote
217.199. Feminine hygiene products, available at no cost to female offenders. —
1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Appropriate quantity"
, an amount per day capable of satisfying the individual need of the offender if used for the feminine hygiene product's intended purpose;
(2)
"Feminine hygiene products"
, tampons and sanitary napkins.
2. The director shall ensure that an appropriate quantity of feminine hygiene products are available at no cost to female offenders while confined in any correctional center of the department. The director shall ensure that the feminine hygiene products conform with applicable industry standards.
3. The general assembly may appropriate funds to assist the director in satisfying the requirements of this section.
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(L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60)
Effective 7-14-21
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.210 - Capacity of correctional centers, how determined — emergency assignment.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995, 2 histories
217.210. Capacity of correctional centers, how determined — emergency assignment. —
1. The maximum capacity of correctional centers shall be determined by the director of the department.
2. When any correctional center is at the maximum capacity, an offender may be assigned to that correctional center only when an emergency is declared by the director of the department.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 42, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.220 - Death sentence commutation, admittance to correctional center.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995, 2 histories
217.220. Death sentence commutation, admittance to correctional center. —
The director shall at all times receive into the department, on order of the governor, any person convicted of any crime punishable with death. If the governor commutes the sentence to imprisonment either for life or for a term of years in a correctional center, as provided by law, the offender shall be confined according to the terms of the commutation.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 55, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.225 - Federal prisoners, admittance — escapees, how punished — neglect of federal prisoners, liability.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
217.225. Federal prisoners, admittance — escapees, how punished — neglect of federal prisoners, liability. —
1. When practicable, the department director shall receive into the department any criminal convicted of having violated the law or laws of the United States and sentenced to the department by any court of the United States, and may retain custody of such criminal until he shall be discharged by due process of law.
2. The United States shall support any offender accepted by the department pursuant to this section and shall pay the expense attendant upon execution of the sentence.
3. Any such offender accepted by the department pursuant to this section escaping or attempting to escape from the correctional center shall be subject to prosecution as if he had been committed by virtue of a conviction under the authority of this state.
4. The chief administrative officer of each correctional center shall be liable to like penalties and punishment for any neglect or violation of duty, in respect to the custody of any federal prisoner, as if such prisoner had been committed by virtue of a conviction under the authority of the state.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 56, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.230 - Health care services for correctional centers.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 2023, 3 histories
217.230. Health care services for correctional centers. —
The director shall arrange for necessary health care services for offenders confined in correctional centers, which shall not include any gender transition surgery, as defined in section 191.1720.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 58, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424, A.L. 2023 S.B. 49, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.235 - Chaplain, appointment or arrangement for religious services.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
217.235. Chaplain, appointment or arrangement for religious services. —
The director shall appoint chaplains or arrange for religious services from the community for the correctional centers.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 59, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.240 - Food and clothing of offenders — food deprivation not to be used as punishment.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995, 2 histories
217.240. Food and clothing of offenders — food deprivation not to be used as punishment. —
1. The chief administrative officer of each correctional center, with the approval of his division director, shall by rule and regulation designate the type of clothing to be worn by offenders.
2. All offenders confined in correctional centers shall be supplied with a sufficient quantity of wholesome food. Deprivation of food shall not be used as a disciplinary action.
3. The chief administrative officer shall keep advised as to the quantity and quality of food and clothing furnished the offenders and as to the health, condition and safekeeping of the offenders, and shall report those findings to his director.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 60, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.245 - Medical excuse from participation in required activities, procedure.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
217.245. Medical excuse from participation in required activities, procedure. —
The correctional center's medical personnel shall, when any offender claims to be unable to participate in required activities expected of the offender because of illness, examine the offender and if, in the medical personnel's opinion, the offender is unable to participate in the required activities, the medical personnel shall immediately certify this fact according to established procedure. Thereupon, the offender shall be relieved of the responsibility of participating in required activities. The offender shall not be required to participate in such activities so long as the disability continues. When the medical personnel certifies that the offender has recovered the offender shall be returned to such required activities.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 61, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.250 - Offender with terminal disease or advanced age where confinement will endanger or shorten life — certification to parole board, report to governor, procedure.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 3 histories
217.250. Offender with terminal disease or advanced age where confinement will endanger or shorten life — certification to parole board, report to governor, procedure. —
Whenever any offender is afflicted with a disease which is terminal, or is advanced in age to the extent that the offender is in need of long-term nursing home care, or when confinement will necessarily greatly endanger or shorten the offender's life, the correctional center's physician shall certify such facts to the chief medical administrator, stating the nature of the disease. The chief medical administrator with the approval of the director will then forward the certificate to the parole board who in their discretion may grant a medical parole or at their discretion may recommend to the governor the granting or denial of a commutation.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 62, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1994 S.B. 763, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.255 - Compensation of offenders for labor, academic or vocational classes — hours of work, exceptions — payment to state or crime victims' compensation fund, when.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
217.255. Compensation of offenders for labor, academic or vocational classes — hours of work, exceptions — payment to state or crime victims' compensation fund, when. —
1. The division shall adopt rules and regulations for establishing in each of the correctional centers a system of compensation to the offenders confined in the correctional centers, which shall provide for the compensation of each offender for work or services performed and for satisfactory performance in academic or vocational education classes during confinement.
2. The division shall prepare graduated wage schedules for payment of compensation to offenders.
3. Eight hours of work per day shall normally constitute a day of labor for each offender unless there is an emergency situation or otherwise approved by the division director or the chief administrative officer.
4. The director shall have the authority to pay into the crime victims' compensation fund from an offender's compensation or account, the amount owed by the offender to the crime victims' compensation fund, provided that the offender has failed to pay the amount owed to the fund prior to entering a department correctional center.
5. The department shall have the authority to remove from the offender's compensation or account such sums as may be deemed reasonable and proper as restitution for the offender's willful or malicious damage or destruction of state property.
6. Offenders shall only receive compensation for work performed which has been approved by the director or the chief administrative officer of the correctional center at which the offender is assigned. Any compensation received for unapproved work may be confiscated and credited to the crime victims' compensation fund.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 63, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.260 - Earnings of offender, paid when — how used, payment to families, when — department powers.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1989, 2 histories
217.260. Earnings of offender, paid when — how used, payment to families, when — department powers. —
1. At least monthly, the division shall place to the credit of any offender engaged in work or educational programs an amount to be determined as provided in section 217.255.
2. The compensation of an offender may be used to the amount permitted by division rules and regulations for the purchase of approved personal necessities not furnished by the division.
3. As provided by division rules, upon consent of the offender the chief administrative officer may permit offender compensation to be used for the support of the offender's family or other legal dependents.
4. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to allow offenders to transfer funds to other offenders.
5. The department shall establish a schedule of minimum balances to be maintained for each offender account that has established a savings account through a work release program or halfway house operation.
6. The department shall have the authority to reduce an offender's account due to indebtedness to the state.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 64, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.262 - Frivolous lawsuits, false testimony, abuse of judicial system by offender — sanctions.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
217.262. Frivolous lawsuits, false testimony, abuse of judicial system by offender — sanctions. —
1. An additional sixty days shall be added to the time that an offender is first eligible for parole consideration hearing or a sum of up to fifty percent of the average balance of the offender's account for any portion of the preceding twelve months during which the offender's account had a positive balance, shall be deducted from an offender's account for each instance that a court finds that the offender has done any of the following while in the custody of the department:
(1) Filed a false, frivolous or malicious action or claim with the court;
(2) Brought an action or claim with the court solely or primarily for delay or harassment;
(3) Unreasonably expanded or delayed a judicial proceeding;
(4) Testified falsely or otherwise submitted false evidence or information to the court;
(5) Attempted to create or obtain a false affidavit, testimony, or evidence; or
(6) Abused the discovery process in any judicial action or proceeding.
2. The department of corrections may promulgate rules in accordance with section 217.040 providing that the conduct described in subdivisions (1) to (6) of subsection 1 of this section shall be a conduct violation and subject an offender to discipline.
3. The maximum term of imprisonment of an offender as imposed by the sentencing court shall not be extended by the provisions of subsection 1 of this section.
4. In no instance shall the balance of an offender's account be reduced to an amount less than ten dollars pursuant to this section. The amount due pursuant to subsection 1 of this section may be deducted from any compensation payable or later paid to the offender, or from any other property belonging to the offender in the custody and control of the department.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.265 - Visitors, regulation of — clergymen's privileges.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
217.265. Visitors, regulation of — clergymen's privileges. —
1. Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3 of this section, no person shall be permitted to enter a correctional center except by special permission of the chief administrative officer of the facility, the division director, the department director or under such regulations as they shall prescribe.
2. The following persons shall be authorized to visit the correctional centers of the state at any time: all authorized employees of the department, the governor, lieutenant governor, members of the general assembly, judges of the supreme court, courts of appeal, and circuit courts, attorney general, state auditor, state treasurer, secretary of state, director of public safety, adjutant general, commissioners of elementary and secondary and higher education, and circuit and prosecuting attorneys. The assistants of all above-named officers shall be authorized to visit correctional centers at any reasonable time as specifically authorized by their superiors and in accordance with regulations established by the department.
3. All clergymen of every recognized denomination shall have access to the correctional centers and may visit any offender confined in a facility, subject to such rules as may be deemed necessary for maintaining security and safety in the correctional center. Such clergy may administer the rites and ceremonies of the church to which they belong, if such offender desires it and it is in compliance with department rules.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 65, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.270 - Parole board to have access to offenders and records, when.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 3 histories
217.270. Parole board to have access to offenders and records, when. —
All correctional employees shall:
(1) Grant to members of the state parole board or its properly accredited representatives access at all reasonable times to any offender;
(2) Furnish to the board the reports that the board requires concerning the conduct and character of any offender in their custody; and
(3) Furnish any other facts deemed pertinent by the board in the determination of whether an offender shall be paroled.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 66, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.275 - Carrying letters or writings without authorization prohibited, penalty.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
217.275. Carrying letters or writings without authorization prohibited, penalty. —
1. Only those persons designated to do so by the chief administrative officer of a correctional center shall bring into or carry out of any correctional center under the control of the department any letter, writing, or thing of value to or from any offender.
2. Anyone who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 67, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.280 - Firearms may be carried by designated employees — powers of arrest and apprehension.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1989, 2 histories
217.280. Firearms may be carried by designated employees — powers of arrest and apprehension. —
1. Under the rules and regulations of the department, designated employees may carry firearms when necessary for the proper discharge of their duties in this state or any state.
2. Those persons authorized to act by the director shall have the same power as granted any other law enforcement officers in this state to arrest escaped offenders and apprehend all persons who may be aiding and abetting such escape as defined in section 217.390.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 73, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.285 - Clothing, money, transportation, return of personal property to discharged or paroled prisoners — exception.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
217.285. Clothing, money, transportation, return of personal property to discharged or paroled prisoners — exception. —
Each offender paroled or discharged from the department may, depending on need, be furnished appropriate civilian clothing and up to two hundred dollars. Any other money and property belonging to the offender which has been in the custody and control of the department and which the offender was authorized to retain shall be returned to him, except for any money or property confiscated as contraband pursuant to section 217.365.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 77, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.300 - Reception and diagnostic centers for classification of prisoners to be established.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1990, 2 histories
217.300. Reception and diagnostic centers for classification of prisoners to be established. —
1. The department shall establish reception and diagnostic centers for persons committed to the department.
2. All commitments shall be made to the department. Offenders shall be delivered to the center designated by the director.
3. Such centers shall be responsible for the study, evaluation, and classification of all persons committed to the department.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 43, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.305 - Delivery of prisoners to correctional centers with certain required information.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
217.305. Delivery of prisoners to correctional centers with certain required information. —
1. The sheriff or other officer charged with the delivery of persons committed to the department for confinement in a correctional center shall deliver the person to the reception and diagnostic center designated by the director at times and dates as designated by the director and shall receive a certificate of delivery of the offender from the center.
2. Appropriate information relating to the offender shall be provided to the department in a written or electronic format, at or before the time the offender is delivered to the department, including, but not limited to:
(1) A certified copy of the sentence from the clerk of the sentencing court on the standardized form developed by the office of state courts administrator. Such form shall include specifics on any status violated, court-ordered probation not supervised by the department, the offense cycle number and any court-ordered restitution owed to the victim;
(2) Available information provided in writing by the prosecutor regarding the offender's age, crime for which sentenced, probable cause statement, circumstances surrounding the crime and sentence, names, telephone numbers, and last known
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address of victims, victim impact statements, and personal history, which may include facts related to the offender's home environment, or work habits, gang affiliations, if any, and previous convictions and commitments. Such information shall be prepared by the prosecuting attorney of the county or circuit attorney of any city not within a county who was charged with the offender's prosecution;
(3) Information provided by the sheriff or other officer charged with the delivery of persons committed to the department regarding the offender's physical and mental health while in jail. All records on medication, care, and treatment provided to the offender while in jail shall be provided to the department prior to or upon delivery of the offender. If the offender has had no physical or mental health care or medications while in jail, the sheriff or other officer shall certify that no physical or mental health care or medication records are available. The sheriff shall provide certification of all applicable jail-time credit.
3. The department may refuse to accept any offender who is delivered for confinement without all required information.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 44, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424, A.L. 1997 S.B. 248, A.L. 2003 H.B. 138)
*Word "know" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.310 - Examination of new prisoners — identification data recorded.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1989, 2 histories
217.310. Examination of new prisoners — identification data recorded. —
1. On delivery of the offender to the reception and diagnostic center, he shall be examined by a licensed physician.
2. The offender's committed name, race, height, apparent and alleged age, place of nativity, trade, complexion, and color of his hair and eyes shall be accurately recorded, together with such other natural or accidental marks or peculiarities of feature or appearance as may serve to identify the offender.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 45, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.315 - System of identification, department to establish.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
217.315. System of identification, department to establish. —
Any person convicted of a felony, which shall not be set aside or reversed, may be subjected to an identification procedure adopted by the department. Such force may be used as necessary to the effectual carrying out and application of such measurements, processes and operations; and other results thereof may be published for the purpose of affording information to officers and others engaged in the execution or administration of the law.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 46, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.320 - Identification systems, officers not liable for acts done in enforcing law.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1989, 2 histories
217.320. Identification systems, officers not liable for acts done in enforcing law. —
No one having the custody of any offender, and no one acting in his aid or under his direction, and no one concerned in such publication shall incur any liability, civil or criminal, for anything lawfully done under the provisions of section 217.315.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 47, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.325 - Identification system mandatory.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995
217.325. Identification system mandatory. —
The enforcement of the provisions of section 217.315 by the authorities in charge of state correctional centers, police departments and others having the custody of those convicted of a felony which shall not be set aside or reversed is hereby made mandatory.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 48, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.330 - Department to conduct tests — assignment of offender.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995, 2 histories
217.330. Department to conduct tests — assignment of offender. —
1. The department shall conduct such testing and other diagnostic examinations as may by rule be established by the director and shall assign the offender to the appropriate correctional center.
2. The reception and diagnostic centers shall deliver to the correctional center to which the offender is assigned a report of its findings and appropriate recommendations.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 49, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.335 - Classification teams, established — appointment, qualifications, duties.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1989
217.335. Classification teams, established — appointment, qualifications, duties. —
1. There shall be established at each correctional facility classification teams to be composed of the offender, along with a minimum of three members and a maximum of five members appointed as per policy.
2. It shall be the responsibility of the classification team to:
(1) Receive the report and recommendation of the reception and diagnostic center;
(2) Make recommendations to the chief administrative officer concerning custodial care, work assignments, educational or vocational training and other treatment procedures for the offender;
(3) Make a continuing study of each offender concerning his behavior, capacities, adjustment and rehabilitation to determine his progress.
3. Offenders shall be assigned according to security and program needs as determined by a department-wide assessment system.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 50, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.337 - Schedule of activities, work, and program, adherence to, exemption.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1994
217.337. Schedule of activities, work, and program, adherence to, exemption. —
1. All general population offenders shall be expected to adhere to a schedule of activities of work and rehabilitative programs as prescribed for the offender by the department. This schedule of activities may include, but shall not be limited to:
(1) Academic education programs;
(2) Vocational training programs;
(3) Treatment programs; and
(4) Employment.
2. An offender may be excused from adhering to the required schedule of activities assigned to him if a reason can be established by the offender and validated by the chief administrative officer of the correctional center to which the offender is assigned.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 763)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.343 - Emancipation of certain juvenile offenders for certain purposes.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 2003
217.343. Emancipation of certain juvenile offenders for certain purposes. —
Offenders who are younger than seventeen years of age and have been adjudicated as an adult shall be emancipated for the purpose of decision making and participation in all department programs and services, including but not limited to medical care, mental health care, treatment programs, educational programs, work assignments, and rehabilitative programs.
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(L. 2003 H.B. 138)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.345 - First offenders — mandatory program — physical separation of offenders less than eighteen years of age — rules — contract for provision of services — evaluation process.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 2013
217.345. First offenders — mandatory program — physical separation of offenders less than eighteen years of age — rules — contract for provision of services — evaluation process. —
1. Correctional treatment programs for first offenders in the department shall be established, subject to the control and supervision of the director, and shall include such programs deemed necessary and sufficient for the successful rehabilitation of offenders.
2. Correctional treatment programs for offenders who are younger than eighteen years of age shall be established, subject to the control and supervision of the director. By January 1, 1998, such programs shall include physical separation of offenders who are younger than eighteen years of age from offenders who are eighteen years of age or older.
3. The department shall have the authority to promulgate rules pursuant to subsection 2 of section 217.378
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to establish correctional treatment programs for offenders under age eighteen. Such rules may include:
(1) Establishing separate housing units for such offenders; and
(2) Providing housing and program space in existing housing units for such offenders that is not accessible to adult offenders.
4. The department shall have the authority to determine the number of juvenile offenders participating in any treatment program depending on available appropriations. The department may contract with any private or public entity for the provision of services and facilities for offenders under age eighteen. The department shall apply for and accept available federal, state and local public funds including project demonstration funds as well as private moneys to fund such services and facilities.
5. The department shall develop and implement an evaluation process for all juvenile offender programs.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 52, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 174, et al., A.L. 1996 S.B. 489, A.L. 2013 H.B. 215)
*Section 217.378 was repealed by H.B. 1608, 2013
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions › Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections › Section 217.350 - Transfer of offender, when.

Title XIII CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 217
Effective - 28 Aug 1995, 2 histories
217.350. Transfer of offender, when. —
An offender may be transferred from one correctional center to another by the director.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 53, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)