Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 221 - Jails and Jailers
Section 221.170 - Prisoners, leave from jail, when — compensation earned on leave, how applied — three-fourths rule (certain cities and counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1973
221.170. Prisoners, leave from jail, when — compensation earned on leave, how applied — three-fourths rule (certain cities and counties). — 1. Any person sentenced to a county jail in a county of the first class or second class or to the city jail or workhouse of any city with a population of five hundred thousand or more for crime, nonpayment of a fine or forfeiture, or contempt of court may be granted the privilege of leaving the jail during necessary and reasonable hours for any of the following purposes:
(1) Working at his employment; or
(2) Conducting his own business or other self-employed occupation, and in the case of a woman for the purpose of housekeeping and attending the needs of her family; or
(3) Attendance at an educational institution; or
(4) Obtaining medical treatment; or
(5) Visiting prospective employers at prearranged interviews.
2. Unless the privilege is expressly granted by the sentencing court, the prisoner is sentenced to ordinary confinement. The prisoner may petition the sentencing court for the privilege at the time of sentence or thereafter, and in the discretion of the sentencing court may renew his petition. The sentencing court may withdraw the privilege at any time by order entered with or without notice.
3. The sheriff of the county or the warden of the city, whichever the case may be, shall endeavor to secure employment for unemployed prisoners sentenced under this section. If a prisoner is employed for wages or salary the sheriff of the county or the warden of the city, whichever the case may be, shall collect the same or require the prisoner to turn over his wages or salary in full when received, and the sheriff of the county or the warden of the city, whichever the case may be, shall deposit the same in a trust checking account and shall keep a ledger showing the status of the account of each prisoner. The wages or salary are not subject to garnishment in the hands of either the employer or the sheriff of the county or the warden of the city, whichever the case may be, during the prisoner's term, and shall be disbursed as provided in this section; but for tax purposes they are income of the prisoner.
4. Every prisoner gainfully employed under this section is liable for the cost of his board. If necessarily absent from jail at a meal time he shall upon request be furnished with an adequate nourishing lunch to carry to work. The sheriff shall charge his account, if he has one, for the board. If the prisoner is gainfully self-employed he shall pay the sheriff for the board, in default of which his privilege under this section is automatically forfeited.
5. By order of the sentencing court, the wages of employed prisoners shall be disbursed by the sheriff for the following purposes:
(1) The board of the prisoner;
(2) Necessary travel expenses to and from work and other incidental expenses of the prisoner;
(3) Support of the prisoner's dependents, if any;
(4) Payment, either in full or ratably, of the prisoner's obligations acknowledged by him in writing or which have been reduced to judgment;
(5) The balance, if any, to the prisoner upon his discharge.
6. The court may by order authorize the sheriff to whom the prisoner is committed to arrange with another sheriff for the employment of the prisoner in the other's county, and while so employed to be and continue subject to the commitment.
7. The county commission or governing body may, if the sheriff of the county or the warden of the city, whichever the case may be, requests it, by resolution direct that all functions of the sheriff of the county or the warden of the city, whichever the case may be, under subsection 3 or 5 or both be performed by the county or city welfare office; or, if the county commission or governing body has not so directed, the sentencing court may order that the prisoner's earnings be collected and disbursed by the clerk of the sentencing court. The order shall remain in force until rescinded by the county commission or governing body or the sentencing court, whichever made it.
8. The county welfare office shall at the request of the sentencing court investigate and report to the sentencing court the amount necessary for the support of the prisoner's dependents.
9. The sheriff may refuse to permit the prisoner to exercise his privilege to leave the jail as provided in this section for not to exceed five consecutive days for any breach of discipline or other violation of jail regulations.
10. Any prisoner granted privileges pursuant to this section who serves three-fourths of the time for which he may have been sentenced in an orderly and peaceable manner shall be discharged in the same manner as if the prisoner had served the full time for which sentenced.
11. In the case of a violation of the law or jail regulations, the prisoner shall be returned to the sentencing court; and it may require that the balance of his sentence be spent in actual confinement and may cancel any earned diminution of his term.
12. Any county may suspend the operation of this section by resolution or ordinance when proper facilities are not available.
13. The county commissions of all other counties of the state shall have the power to provide for the employment, under such rules and regulations and under such terms as they may prescribe, of all persons convicted of an offense under the statutes of this state, and who may be sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, or who may be committed to the county jail for nonpayment of fine; and the amount so received for the services of such person so hired shall be applied upon the judgment against him.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13771, A.L. 1961 p. 265, A.L. 1973 S.B. 80)

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.