by admin | Nov 4, 2007 | Crime / Courts
A conference aimed at helping ex-prison inmates from returning to lives behind bars is being held this week at Lake of the Ozarks. More than 200 participants are expected to take part in what is billed as the Missouri Re-Entry Conference. Brian Hauswirth with the...
by admin | Sep 11, 2007 | Crime / Courts
A state prison inmate serving a life term for killing his mother in St. Ann has died at a hospital in Town and Country. Prison officials are keeping the circumstances of his death a secret but the father of Vincent Greer says his son was found with a needle...
by admin | Apr 12, 2007 | Politics / Govt
Anyone convicted of murdering a criminal justice official would be put to death under a bill approved by the House. Kill a cop or a prison guard or someone who works for the court or anyone in criminal justice and face execution. That is the meat of a bill approved in...
by admin | Mar 18, 2007 | Crime / Courts
Some Missouri inmates have still been wronging citizens from inside their prison cells and the state Department of Corrections is putting an end to it. The Departments says it is banning offenders from soliciting pen pals on the internet beginning June 1st. Spokesman...
by admin | Feb 4, 2007 | Politics / Govt
The U.S. Labor Department is touting the successes of two Missouri prisoner reentry centers as the Department promotes a $300-Million initiative to reduce recidivism and societal costs of reincarceration. Jedd Medefind, Director of the Department’s Center for...
