217.025. Director of department, appointment, qualifications, bond, duties.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

217.025. Director of department, appointment, qualifications, bond, duties.

Director of department, appointment, qualifications, bond, duties.

217.025. 1. The general supervision, management and control of thedepartment of corrections shall be in the director of corrections, whoshall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent ofthe senate.

2. The director shall be a person of recognized character andintegrity, and have such education, training, proven executive ability andexperience as will fit for the successful performance of the officialduties of the director. The director shall have education, training andexperience in correctional management. The director shall be a citizen ofthe United States, but need not be a resident of the state of Missouri atthe time of appointment. Before entering into the official duties ofoffice, the director shall take an oath or affirmation to support theConstitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State ofMissouri and to faithfully demean himself or herself in the office of thedirector. The director shall enter into a good and sufficient corporatesurety bond, payable to the state of Missouri, conditioned upon thefaithful discharge and performance of the official duties of the director.The bond shall be approved by the attorney general as to form and by thegovernor as to its sufficiency. The premium on the bond shall be paid bythe state. The director shall devote full time to the official duties ofthe director, with primary responsibility being to ensure that positiveefforts are made to ensure the public safety. The secondary responsibilityof the director shall be to institute various rehabilitative programs whichshould include, but are not limited to, the areas of education, vocationaltraining, treatment, counseling and guidance and an overall approach aimedat reducing recidivism.

3. The director shall establish the duties and responsibilities ofemployees of the department, shall supervise their work assignments and mayrequire reports from any employee as to his conduct and management relatingto the correctional centers and programs of the department. The directorshall also be responsible for the implementation of uniform policies andprocedures governing offenders and staff.

4. The director shall have control and jurisdiction over all personswho are legally sentenced, assigned and committed to the custody andsupervision of the department.

5. The director shall have control and jurisdiction over all realestate, buildings, equipment, machinery, correctional centers and productsproperly belonging to, or used by, or in connection with any facilitywithin the department except where such control and jurisdiction arereserved to others by law.

6. The director shall make and enforce such rules, regulations,orders and findings as the director may deem necessary for the propermanagement of all correctional centers and persons subject to thedepartment's control.

7. The director shall establish and maintain correctional centers andunits, as provided by appropriations, for the segregation of male andfemale offenders, and for the classification of offenders based on thelevel of security, supervision and program needs.

8. The director shall prepare and submit an annual budget of allfunds necessary to be expended by the department and by the divisions ofthe department.

9. The director shall prepare and submit to the governor and thegeneral assembly a written report of the administration of his duties,together with such recommendations and suggestions as the director may deemadvisable. It may include projects, plans, accomplishments, together withstatistics and summaries of financial receipts and expenditures. Thedirector shall also advise the governor and the joint committee oncorrections as to any improvements that may appear necessary for theefficiency, economy and general well-being of offenders, correctionalcenters, programs, and the department.

10. The director shall initiate and direct the development of along-range plan to provide comprehensive integrated programs to accomplishthe purpose of this chapter.