Missouri Statutes

§ 221.050 — Separation of prisoners.

Missouri § 221.050

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XIIICORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Ch. 221Jails and Jailers

This text of Missouri § 221.050 (Separation of prisoners.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Missouri primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 221.050 (2026).

Text

Persons confined in jails shall be separated and confined according to sex.  Persons confined under civil process or for civil causes shall be kept separate from criminals.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the housing of persons on probation or parole with offenders or persons being held on criminal charges.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 §§ 9197, 9198, A. 1949 S.B. 1071, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1355) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 8528, 8529; 1919 §§ 12553, 12554; 1909 §§ 1575, 1576

Nearby Sections

15

§ 221.020

Sheriffs to be jailers, exception, Clay County.

§ 221.025

Electronic monitoring permitted, when — credit of time against period of confinement.

§ 221.030

Coroner to be jailer, when.

§ 221.040

Sheriff and jailer to receive prisoners — penalty for refusal — medical exams required.

§ 221.044

Persons under eighteen may not be confined in adult jails, exceptions .

§ 221.050

Separation of prisoners.

§ 221.060

Prisoners to have certain privileges.

§ 221.065

Feminine hygiene products, available at no cost to female persons in custody.

§ 221.070

Prisoners liable for cost of imprisonment — certification of outstanding debt.

§ 221.080

County commission to bear certain expenses.

§ 221.095

Private jails, defined — reports of possible criminal violations required — missing prisoners, requirements.

§ 221.097

Private jails — prisoners to be confined separately, when — health care services, adequate care required — limitation on contracts with private jails.

§ 221.102

Canteen or commissary in county jail authorized — revenues to be kept in separate account — fund created.

§ 221.108

Phone services, reasonable access — limit on charges to inmates.

§ 221.111

Delivery or concealment on premises of narcotics, liquor, or prohibited articles, penalties — visitation denied, when — personal items permitted to be posted — expungement, when.

View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

Missouri § 221.050, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mo/221/221.050.