217.405. Offender abuse, penalty--employees not to use physical force, exception. - Missouri Statutes

Offender abuse, penalty--employees not to use physical force,exception.

217.405. 1. Except as provided in subsection 3 of thissection, a person commits the crime of "offender abuse" if heknowingly injures the physical well-being of any offender underthe jurisdiction of the department by beating, striking, woundingor by sexual contact with such person.

2. Offender abuse is a class C felony.

3. No employee of the department shall use any physicalforce on an offender except the employee shall have the right touse such physical force as is necessary to defend himself,suppress an individual or group revolt or insurrection, enforcediscipline or to secure the offender.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 26, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408)