Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 217.435 - Work or educational release program1. The director may establish, at those correctional facilities he so designates, a program of work and educational release for those offenders who meet the standards established by department rules and regulations.2. Each offender on work release shall pay a percentage of his wages, established by department rules, to a maximum of the per capita cost of offender support per month, to the department as maintenance. The money received from the inmate shall be deposited in the inmate fund and shall be expended pursuant to section 217.430.3. All offenders in college educational release programs shall be responsible for their own school expenses.L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 95, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408