by admin | Nov 2, 2006 | Crime / Courts
On any given day, several hundred prisoners are released from Missouri’s prison system. Twice as many people are under corrections department supervision on the outside as are under supervision on the inside. More than 20 counties are sending delegates to a...
by admin | Sep 11, 2006 | Crime / Courts
Two corrections officers have been shot to death at the women’s prison in Chillicothe. Investigators say one guard shot another then killed himself. No prisoners were involved. Corrections officers at the prison do not carry guns. Prison officials are...
by admin | Sep 3, 2006 | Uncategorized
Ground will be broken within a few weeks for a new prison to handle Missouri’s growing number of women convicts. The Chillicothe women’s prison is the oldest prison in the state. It’s full, with 525 inmates…. The women’s prison at...
by admin | Aug 30, 2006 | News
The state has told a federal judge that its new execution protocol contains enough safeguard to make sure an inmate being executed does not feel unnecessary pain. Attorney General spokesman Scott Holste says attorneys for prison inmate Michael Taylor are trying to set...
