Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections

Section 217.010 Definitions.
Section 217.015 Divisions created — sections authorized — purpose of department — women offender program established, purpose — advisory committee established, membership, purpose.
Section 217.020 Department's powers and duties.
Section 217.021 Community behavioral health program, purpose — department duties.
Section 217.022 Prison impact statements, required, when.
Section 217.025 Director of department, appointment, qualifications, bond, duties.
Section 217.030 Directors of divisions and chairman of parole board, appointment — appointment of general personnel.
Section 217.035 Director's powers and duties — deputy director, appointment, compensation, powers in absence or incapacity of director.
Section 217.040 Rulemaking authority.
Section 217.043 United States government, contract powers of department.
Section 217.045 Federal funds, authority to receive — applications for funds, procedure.
Section 217.050 Department to sue in name of director — interest authorized.
Section 217.055 Volunteer program requirements — coverage as unpaid employees by legal expense fund and workers' compensation — use of state vehicles — expenses.
Section 217.070 State auditor to have access to all records, confidentiality.
Section 217.075 Offender records, public records, exceptions — inspection of, when — medical records, available, when — copies admissible as evidence — violations, penalty.
Section 217.080 Department and division to maintain central office in Jefferson City.
Section 217.090 Lease of buildings on grounds of correctional centers, when — compatibility with services of department required — procedure — bids required — cost — terms of lease — how executed.
Section 217.092 Leased prison space, deposit of payments.
Section 217.095 Condemnation powers, when, procedure.
Section 217.100 Director may enter into agreement for services to department by other state departments or agencies.
Section 217.110 Workers' compensation to cover all employees of the department.
Section 217.115 Officers and employees, restrictions on business connections — conversion of department property prohibited, exception — violations, grounds for dismissal.
Section 217.120 Bribery or receipt of gifts from prisoners by officers or employees of department, penalty — duty to report, failure, effect — director to investigate and report, when.
Section 217.125 Offenders, labor restrictions.
Section 217.128 Employee held hostage eligible for paid leave of absence.
Section 217.130 Living quarters furnished to employees, fees.
Section 217.135 Food furnished in correctional center, employees to purchase, exception.
Section 217.137 Prisoner transfers by United States treaty with foreign governments — governor's powers — director's duties.
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.
Section 217.139 Sexual offenders of children, pilot treatment program — costs, how paid — department's duties — annual report.
Section 217.141 Electrified security fence systems authorized.
Section 217.147 Sentencing and corrections oversight commission, members, terms, duties, report, expiration date.
Section 217.151 Restraints, use of on pregnant offenders — definitions — extraordinary circumstances — requirements.
Section 217.160 Division director, power of appointment of certain personnel — qualifications — to be full-time employee.
Section 217.165 Chief administrative officers of each correctional center, appointment.
Section 217.170 Chief administrative officers, duties.
Section 217.175 Rules and regulations, division director's authority to promulgate.
Section 217.180 Annual report of division, contents.
Section 217.185 Reports by chief administrative officers, monthly, to division director, contents.
Section 217.195 Canteen to be established, revenues how spent — inmate canteen fund established, purpose, not to go into general revenue.
Section 217.197 Offender personal property, allowed when — unauthorized property, disposition of.
Section 217.210 Capacity of correctional centers, how determined — emergency assignment.
Section 217.220 Death sentence commutation, admittance to correctional center.
Section 217.225 Federal prisoners, admittance — escapees, how punished — neglect of federal prisoners, liability.
Section 217.230 Health care services for correctional centers.
Section 217.235 Chaplain, appointment or arrangement for religious services.
Section 217.240 Food and clothing of offenders — food deprivation not to be used as punishment.
Section 217.245 Medical excuse from participation in required activities, procedure.
Section 217.250 Offender with terminal disease or advanced age where confinement will endanger or shorten life, report to governor, procedure.
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.
Section 217.260 Earnings of offender, paid when — how used, payment to families, when — department powers.
Section 217.262 Frivolous lawsuits, false testimony, abuse of judicial system by offender — sanctions.
Section 217.265 Visitors, regulation of — clergymen's privileges.
Section 217.270 Probation and parole board to have access to offenders and records, when.
Section 217.275 Carrying letters or writings without authorization prohibited, penalty.
Section 217.280 Firearms may be carried by designated employees — powers of arrest and apprehension.
Section 217.285 Clothing, money, transportation, return of personal property to discharged or paroled prisoners — exception.
Section 217.300 Reception and diagnostic centers for classification of prisoners to be established.
Section 217.305 Delivery of prisoners to correctional centers with certain required information.
Section 217.310 Examination of new prisoners — identification data recorded.
Section 217.315 System of identification, department to establish.
Section 217.320 Identification systems, officers not liable for acts done in enforcing law.
Section 217.325 Identification system mandatory.
Section 217.330 Department to conduct tests — assignment of offender.
Section 217.335 Classification teams, established — appointment, qualifications, duties.
Section 217.337 Schedule of activities, work, and program, adherence to, exemption.
Section 217.343 Emancipation of certain juvenile offenders for certain purposes.
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.
Section 217.350 Transfer of offender, when.
Section 217.355 Education programs established, what included, enrollment required, when.
Section 217.361 Risk and need assessment tools — department procedures, duties.
Section 217.362 Program for offenders with substance abuse addiction — eligibility, disposition, placement — completion, effect.
Section 217.364 Offenders under treatment program, placement, rules — eligibility — use, purpose, availability — failure to complete.
Section 217.365 Offenders not to carry money, exceptions, violations, treated as contraband.
Section 217.370 Discipline and grievance procedures established — chief administrative officer to abide by.
Section 217.375 Administrative segregation, grounds for — review hearing required — records to be kept — access to medical personnel.
Section 217.380 Records of violations and convictions of offenders, information required — disciplinary segregation, hearing, time period.
Section 217.385 Violence or injury to others or property by offender, penalty.
Section 217.390 Escape, defined — penalty.
Section 217.395 Escapee's apprehension — reward may be offered, limitations.
Section 217.400 Furnishing unfit food to offenders, penalty.
Section 217.405 Offender abuse, penalty — employees not to use physical force, exception.
Section 217.410 Abuse of offender, duty to report, penalty — confidentiality of report, immunity from liability — harassment prohibited.
Section 217.412 Autopsy required, when — reports to be maintained by department.
Section 217.415 Disqualification from holding position in correctional facility, when.
Section 217.420 Surgery, general anesthetic not authorized for offender without consent or court order, exceptions, emergencies — treatment against religious beliefs, when allowed.
Section 217.425 Furlough of prisoners, when — time limitations, exceptions — waiver required, when — notice requirements.
Section 217.430 Residential treatment centers and community based sanctions — assignment of offenders — contracts to establish, provisions, locations — payments, how made — inmates fund established, use — regulation of inmates.
Section 217.435 Work or educational release program.
Section 217.437 Work by offenders, not employment, when — benefitting entity immune from suit, exceptions.
Section 217.439 Photograph of offender to be taken prior to release, when — provided to victim upon request.
Section 217.440 Program of restorative justice, requirements.
Section 217.450 Offender may request final disposition of pending indictment, information or complaint, how requested — director to notify offender of pending actions, failure to notify, effect.
Section 217.455 Director of division of adult institutions to transmit information and request.
Section 217.460 Trial to be held, when — failure, effect.
Section 217.465 Escape by offender, effect of.
Section 217.470 Transportation expenses, how paid.
Section 217.475 Director of division of adult institutions to inform prisoner of the law in writing.
Section 217.480 Uniformity of construction.
Section 217.485 Title of the law.
Section 217.490 Agreement on detainers adopted — compact text.
Section 217.495 Appropriate court defined.
Section 217.500 Enforcement and cooperation required of whom.
Section 217.505 Compact not to require application of habitual offender law.
Section 217.510 Escape by offender, effect on.
Section 217.515 Chief administrative officer to deliver offender, when.
Section 217.520 Governor to designate administrator.
Section 217.525 Director authorized to contract with United States for stated purposes.
Section 217.530 Convicted offender not to be transferred to state where wanted for crime.
Section 217.535 Compact adopted — text — contract must comply.
Section 217.540 Powers and duties of director, delegation authorized.
Section 217.541 House arrest program, department to establish and regulate — limited release, when — offenders to fund program — arrest warrant may be issued by probation or parole officer, when.
Section 217.542 Failure to return to house arrest, felony.
Section 217.543 House arrest authorized for certain prisoners — jailer to establish program — remote electronic surveillance allowed — percentage of prisoner's wage to pay cost — violation penalty — (St. Louis City).
Section 217.550 Prison industries and services program created — director to administer — approval required — report submitted to director, contents.
Section 217.555 Advisory board, created, members, appointment, qualifications — duties — compensation.
Section 217.560 Enterprise program diversification and purpose.
Section 217.565 Director to provide plants, machinery and materials — distribution of products.
Section 217.567 Director may contract with private entities for employment of inmates — leasing of correctional facility property — wages, director to set policies.
Section 217.570 Sales of prison industry goods and services, procedure — open market sales, when.
Section 217.575 Sales of goods or services to state or political subdivisions — promotion — price — certification of nonavailability required for state purchases, when.
Section 217.580 Catalog of products furnished public officers — institutions to report estimates of needs.
Section 217.590 Violations of sections 217.575 and 217.580, penalty.
Section 217.592 Plasmapheresis program may be established as private enterprise on institution grounds — inmate employment, wages.
Section 217.595 Working capital revolving fund created — source, uses — accounting, audit — transfer to general revenue prohibited.
Section 217.650 Definitions.
Section 217.655 Parole board, general duties — division duties.
Section 217.660 Chairman of the board to be director — additional compensation.
Section 217.665 Board members, appointment, qualifications — terms, vacancies — compensation, expenses — chairman, designation.
Section 217.670 Decisions to be by majority vote — hearing panel, membership, duties — jurisdiction removal or appeal to board, when — decision to be final — closed meetings authorized — video conferencing.
Section 217.675 Handbook of rules governing conduct of parolees furnished to whom, duties of board.
Section 217.680 Offices, where located — space in correctional centers to be provided for hearings and interviews.
Section 217.682 Secretary to be appointed, duties.
Section 217.690 Board may order release or parole — assessment, personal hearing — fee — rules — minimum term for eligibility for parole, how calculated — first degree murder, eligibility for hearing — hearing procedure — notice — special conditions — education requirements, exceptions — rulemaking authority.
Section 217.692 Eligibility for parole, offenders with life sentence, when — criteria.
Section 217.695 Release from custody under supervision of probation and parole, registration with law enforcement officials required.
Section 217.703 Earned compliance credits awarded, when.
Section 217.705 Probation, parole, institutional parole, officers — appointment — duties.
Section 217.710 Firearms, authority to carry, department's duties, training — rulemaking procedure.
Section 217.718 Alternative to revocation proceedings, period of detention, requirements.
Section 217.720 Arrest of person paroled or on conditional release — report — procedure — revocation of parole or release — effect of sentence — arrest of parolee from another state.
Section 217.722 Probation officers, power to arrest, when — preliminary hearing allowed, when — notice to sentencing court.
Section 217.725 Board may parole prisoner held on warrant.
Section 217.730 Parole time as time of imprisonment, exception — final discharge — procedure to register to vote.
Section 217.735 Lifetime supervision required for certain offenders — electronic monitoring — termination at age sixty-five permitted, when — rulemaking authority.
Section 217.750 Probation services provided to circuit courts, when.
Section 217.755 Probation services for courts, rules authorized.
Section 217.760 Probation and parole officers furnished to circuit courts, when — presentence and preparole investigations — requirements.
Section 217.762 Presentence investigation, required, when — victim impact statement, prepared when, contents.
Section 217.777 Community corrections program alternative for eligible offenders, purpose — operation — rules.
Section 217.785 Postconviction drug treatment program, established, rules — required participation, completion — institutional phase — report.
Section 217.800 Pardons by governor — conditions and restrictions — notice to central repository.
Section 217.805 Governor may remit fine or forfeiture.
Section 217.810 Interstate compact for supervision of parolees and probationers.
Section 217.825 Citation of law.
Section 217.827 Definitions.
Section 217.829 Assets to be listed by prisoners on form under oath — failure to comply, effect — department to request assignments.
Section 217.831 Director to report to attorney general on offender's assets and cost of care — attorney general's power to investigate and seek reimbursement, when.
Section 217.833 Percent of offender's assets that may be used for reimbursement — limitation.
Section 217.835 Jurisdiction, certain circuit courts — service — hearing — support obligations of offender to be considered — court order to reimburse, when.
Section 217.837 Legal remedies authorized to protect assets of prisoner — execution against homestead of prisoner prohibited — state's claim to have priority.
Section 217.839 Attorney general's powers and duties — assistance by certain officials required.
Section 217.841 Costs of investigation, how paid — deposit of reimbursement — fund, created — state treasurer, duties.
Section 217.930 Suspension of MO HealthNet medical assistance in lieu of termination, when.