Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 221 - Jails and Jailers
Section 221.044 - Persons under eighteen may not be confined in adult jails, exceptions — commitment to juvenile detention facilities, when.

Effective - 01 Jan 2021, 2 histories
221.044. Persons under eighteen may not be confined in adult jails, exceptions — commitment to juvenile detention facilities, when. — No person under the age of eighteen years, except those transferred to the court of general jurisdiction under the provisions of section 211.071, shall be detained in a jail or other adult detention facility as that term is defined in section 211.151. A traffic court judge may request the juvenile court to order the commitment of a person under the age of eighteen to a juvenile detention facility.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 502, et al., A.L. 2018 S.B. 793 merged with S.B. 800)
Effective 1-01-21
CROSS REFERENCE:
Status as child for confinement in jail determined by then-existing law at time of alleged offense, 211.012

Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions

Chapter 221 - Jails and Jailers

Section 221.020 - Sheriffs to be jailers, exception, Clay County.

Section 221.025 - Electronic monitoring permitted, when — credit of time against period of confinement.

Section 221.030 - Coroner to be jailer, when.

Section 221.040 - Sheriff and jailer to receive prisoners — penalty for refusal — medical exams required.

Section 221.044 - Persons under eighteen may not be confined in adult jails, exceptions — commitment to juvenile detention facilities, when.

Section 221.050 - Separation of prisoners.

Section 221.060 - Prisoners to have certain privileges.

Section 221.065 - Feminine hygiene products, available at no cost to female persons in custody.

Section 221.070 - Prisoners liable for cost of imprisonment — certification of outstanding debt.

Section 221.080 - County commission to bear certain expenses.

Section 221.095 - Private jails, defined — reports of possible criminal violations required — missing prisoners, requirements.

Section 221.097 - Private jails — prisoners to be confined separately, when — health care services, adequate care required — limitation on contracts with private jails.

Section 221.102 - Canteen or commissary in county jail authorized — revenues to be kept in separate account — fund created.

Section 221.105 - Boarding of prisoners — amount expended, how fixed, how paid, limit — reimbursement by state, when.

Section 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.

Section 221.120 - Medicine and medical attention for prisoners, definitions.

Section 221.122 - Repayment for medical care to be term of probation, parole or conditional release.

Section 221.125 - Suspension of MO HealthNet medical assistance in lieu of termination, when.

Section 221.130 - Contagious disease — certification of physician — order for removal.

Section 221.150 - Shackling of prisoner, how paid.

Section 221.160 - Criminal costs, how paid.

Section 221.170 - Prisoners, leave from jail, when — compensation earned on leave, how applied — three-fourths rule (certain cities and counties).

Section 221.230 - Jail of another county to be used, when.

Section 221.240 - Sheriff to take prisoners before circuit court.

Section 221.250 - Failure of sheriff to comply with section 221.240 — penalty.

Section 221.260 - Commitment from another county, expenses, how paid.

Section 221.270 - Jailer to receive and keep United States prisoners.

Section 221.280 - Penalty for failure to receive and keep United States prisoners.

Section 221.290 - United States to pay for use of jails.

Section 221.300 - Grand jury to visit jail, when.

Section 221.310 - Humane treatment of prisoners.

Section 221.320 - Board of visitors — appointment — terms.

Section 221.330 - Organization of board.

Section 221.340 - Duties of board.

Section 221.350 - Board to make yearly report.

Section 221.353 - Damage to jail property, class E felony.

Section 221.400 - Regional jail districts may be established, procedure, contents, holding of prisoners.

Section 221.402 - Regional jail districts, powers.

Section 221.405 - Commission — members, vacancies, budget.

Section 221.407 - Regional jail district sales tax authorized, ballot language — special trust fund established — expiration date.

Section 221.410 - Powers, duties.

Section 221.415 - Director, duties — salary.

Section 221.420 - Use of regional jail, purpose — county may keep its own jail.

Section 221.425 - Regional jail district solely liable for its debts — income exempt from state taxes.

Section 221.430 - District income, distribution upon dissolution.

Section 221.500 - Construction bids for a minimum security facility — commissioner of administration to contract with.

Section 221.503 - MULES to be notified of escape of a dangerous felon from certain jails and detention facilities, when, information to be included.

Section 221.510 - Pending outstanding warrants in MULES and NCIC systems, inquiry conducted, when (Jake's Law).

Section 221.515 - Jailers authorized to serve arrest warrants on inmates — jailers may carry firearms, when — escaped prisoners, power of jailer to arrest.