Category:823 Incarcerated Personnel Work Release Program

Purpose of the Program

The Incarcerated Personnel Work Release program is a joint effort between the Missouri Department of Corrections (MoDOC) and the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). This program allows inmates valuable job training as they near their release time while also allowing MoDOT to accomplish tasks that otherwise may not be completed. Incarcerated help is intended to supplement work done by MoDOT forces.

The purpose of this manual is to provide policies and guidelines for a successful work release program. Policies are defined where the words “shall” or “do not” are used, whereas guidelines are defined by the word “should.” This manual reflects a statewide baseline level of expectations for leading incarcerated crews. Districts may have additional policies their employees are expected to follow.

Failure to follow one or more of these expectations may lead to disciplinary action up to and including termination. All employees are required to conduct themselves professionally when associating with inmates. Consequently, employees are prohibited from having any contact with an inmate that is not authorized as a responsibility of the employee’s position. Prohibited contact includes, but is not limited to, unauthorized oral or written communication, business, or social associations, giving unauthorized gifts of any nature, name calling, teasing, horseplay, joking with inmates, carrying messages for inmates or sharing personal information with inmates, and any other overly familiar act with an inmate.