SECOND REGULAR SESSION
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES PACE (Sponsor), JONES (117), WALTON GRAY, CHAPPELLE-NADAL, CARTER, ATKINS, CASEY, MORRIS, LOW, HUMMEL, JONES (63), OXFORD, ROORDA, BROWN (50), KIRKTON, LeBLANC, HUGHES, LAIR, NASHEED, SCHUPP, STILL, HOSKINS (80) AND DUSENBERG (Co-sponsors).
3194L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 221, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to notification to media of jail or detention facility escapes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 221, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 221.505, to read as follows:
221.505. 1. As soon as reasonably possible, but in no case more than five hours after a person who has been convicted of a dangerous felony or who is being held on suspicion of having committed a dangerous felony has escaped from a municipal detention facility, county jail, regional jail, or private jail, the chief law enforcement official responsible for such jail or detention facility or the chief administrator in the case of a private jail shall cause notification of the escape to be made to the Missouri information analysis center (MIAC).
2. The notification required by this section shall include the name of the escaped individual, any facts relevant to identifying the escaped individual, including but not limited to, a physical description, a photograph or video of such individual, a description of any mode of transportation such individual is believed to be using, and a description of any person believed to be assisting such person in the escape, if any. The notification shall also include the crimes for which the person was incarcerated in the jail or detention facility and contact information for the jail or detention facility which can be used by any person to report any information concerning the whereabouts of the escaped person.
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