Missouri Laws 217.943 – Termination of participation, when
An inmate’s participation in the correctional center nursery program may be terminated by the department if one of the following occurs:
(1) The inmate fails to comply with the agreement entered into under section 217.942;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 217.943
- 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
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) The inmate violates an institutional rule that results in alternative housing placement outside of the area designated for the program;
(3) The inmate’s child becomes seriously ill, cannot receive the necessary medical care, or otherwise cannot safely participate in the program;
(4) A court of competent jurisdiction grants custody of the child to a person other than the inmate;
(5) A court of competent jurisdiction issues an order regarding the child granting temporary, permanent, or legal custody of the child to a person other than the inmate, or to a public children services agency or private child-placing agency; or
(6) The inmate is released from imprisonment.