221.340. Duties of board.
Duties of board.
221.340. It shall be the duty of such board of visitors, by personalvisitation or otherwise, to keep themselves fully advised of the conditionsand management of all corrective institutions, supported wholly or in partby county or municipal taxation, or which are under county or municipalcontrol, and especially the county jails. They shall examine everydepartment of each institution, and shall ascertain its condition as toeffective and economical administration, the cleanliness, discipline andcomfort of its inmates and other respects, and at least once in every threemonths all of said institutions shall be visited by said board or acommittee of its members. In case the said board or one of its committeesshall find any state of things in any institution, which in their opinionshall be injurious to the county or to the inmates of the institution, orwhich is contrary to good order and public policy, it shall be their dutyto address a memorial to the presiding judge, sheriff, and countycommission, or other officials having jurisdiction, in which memorial theyshall set forth the facts observed and shall suggest such remedies as intheir judgment may be necessary.
(RSMo 1939 § 9588, A.L. 2003 S.B. 184)Prior revisions: 1929 § 12948; 1919 § 12197; 1909 § 1331