Missouri Statutes

§ 221.310 — Humane treatment of prisoners.

Missouri § 221.310

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XIIICORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS

Ch. 221Jails and Jailers

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 221.310 (2026).

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It is hereby made the special duty of the court having criminal jurisdiction, at each term, to inquire and see that all prisoners are humanely treated.

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Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 § 9206) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8537; 1919 § 12562; 1909 § 1584

Nearby Sections

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§ 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.

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