Missouri Laws 217.255 – Compensation of offenders for labor, academic or vocational classes — hours ..
1. The division shall adopt rules and regulations for establishing in each of the correctional centers a system of compensation to the offenders confined in the correctional centers, which shall provide for the compensation of each offender for work or services performed and for satisfactory performance in academic or vocational education classes during confinement.
2. The division shall prepare graduated wage schedules for payment of compensation to offenders.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 217.255
- Chief administrative officer: the institutional head of any correctional facility or his or her designee. See Missouri Laws 217.010
- Correctional center: any premises or institution where incarceration, evaluation, care, treatment, or rehabilitation is provided to persons who are under the department's authority. See Missouri Laws 217.010
- Department: the department of corrections of the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 217.010
- Director: the director of the department of corrections or his or her designee. See Missouri Laws 217.010
- Division: a statutorily created agency within the department or an agency created by the departmental organizational plan. See Missouri Laws 217.010
- Offender: a person under supervision or an inmate in the custody of the department. See Missouri Laws 217.010
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. Eight hours of work per day shall normally constitute a day of labor for each offender unless there is an emergency situation or otherwise approved by the division director or the chief administrative officer.
4. The director shall have the authority to pay into the crime victims’ compensation fund from an offender’s compensation or account, the amount owed by the offender to the crime victims’ compensation fund, provided that the offender has failed to pay the amount owed to the fund prior to entering a department correctional center.
5. The department shall have the authority to remove from the offender’s compensation or account such sums as may be deemed reasonable and proper as restitution for the offender’s willful or malicious damage or destruction of state property.
6. Offenders shall only receive compensation for work performed which has been approved by the director or the chief administrative officer of the correctional center at which the offender is assigned. Any compensation received for unapproved work may be confiscated and credited to the crime victims’ compensation fund.