Missouri Laws 217.390 – Escape, defined — penalty
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 217.390
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- 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
- 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
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
An offender absenting himself without leave from any person in charge of his supervision, or from any work assignment, educational release program or job outside of the correctional center, or from any halfway house or correctional facility operated by another political subdivision to which he has been assigned, or who willfully fails to return to such place at the appointed time after having been permitted to leave, shall be deemed on “escape” status. He shall be reported by the division to the appropriate law enforcement officer and upon conviction shall be sentenced for escape as provided in section 575.210. Inadvertent releases shall be rectified by an issuance of a warrant by the director.