MO SB338

Repeals and reenacts section 217.345, RSMo, modifying the age threshold for juvenile offender treatment programs from seventeen to eighteen years of age throughout the statute.

Requires physical separation of offenders younger than eighteen years of age from offenders eighteen years of age or older by January 1, 1998.

Authorizes the department to establish separate housing units for offenders under eighteen and to provide housing and program space in existing units not accessible to adult offenders.

Eliminates provisions requiring a regimented training program with specific objectives including physical training, educational programs, problem-solving instruction, community reentry opportunities, and structured parole supervision.

Eliminates requirements for prosecuting attorneys to maintain sentencing records for offenders under seventeen and repeals the requirement for annual departmental evaluation reports to the governor and general assembly on juvenile offender programs.