217.305. Delivery of prisoners to correctional centers with certain required information. - Missouri Statutes

Delivery of prisoners to correctional centers with certain requiredinformation.

217.305. 1. The sheriff or other officer charged with the deliveryof persons committed to the department for confinement in a correctionalcenter shall deliver the person to the reception and diagnostic centerdesignated by the director at times and dates as designated by the directorand shall receive a certificate of delivery of the offender from thecenter.

2. Appropriate information relating to the offender shall be providedto the department in a written or electronic format, at or before the timethe offender is delivered to the department, including, but not limited to:

(1) A certified copy of the sentence from the clerk of the sentencingcourt on the standardized form developed by the office of state courtsadministrator. Such form shall include specifics on any status violated,court-ordered probation not supervised by the department, the offense cyclenumber and any court-ordered restitution owed to the victim;

(2) Available information provided in writing by the prosecutorregarding the offender's age, crime for which sentenced, probable causestatement, circumstances surrounding the crime and sentence, names,telephone numbers, and last known* address of victims, victim impactstatements, and personal history, which may include facts related to theoffender's home environment, or work habits, gang affiliations, if any, andprevious convictions and commitments. Such information shall be preparedby the prosecuting attorney of the county or circuit attorney of any citynot within a county who was charged with the offender's prosecution;

(3) Information provided by the sheriff or other officer charged withthe delivery of persons committed to the department regarding theoffender's physical and mental health while in jail. All records onmedication, care, and treatment provided to the offender while in jailshall be provided to the department prior to or upon delivery of theoffender. If the offender has had no physical or mental health care ormedications while in jail, the sheriff or other officer shall certify thatno physical or mental health care or medication records are available. Thesheriff shall provide certification of all applicable jail-time credit.

3. The department may refuse to accept any offender who is deliveredfor confinement without all required information.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 44, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424, A.L. 1997 S.B. 248, A.L. 2003 H.B. 138)

*Word "know" appears in original rolls, a typographical error.