New leadership will soon take over at the Missouri Department of Corrections. Director Anne Precythe’s last day on the job will be December 5. Precythe told Missourinet the time is right to go back to North Carolina to be with her family. “I left my children. I...
Missouri has roughly 13,000 inmates released from prison each year. To help them get on the right track and stay on it, Missouri has become the first state in the nation to join a national initiative, called Reentry 2030. By 2030, the Missouri Department of...
To hear the Show Me Today interview with Missouri Department of Corrections Director Anne Precythe, click below. To hear the Show Me Today interview with Missouri Department of Mental Health Director Valerie Huhn, click below. Missouri’s 50,000 state workers could...
Some Missouri Department of Corrections probation and parole officers are arresting those who violate probation and parole rules. The state agency has a test program underway that allows the officers to arrest violators in St. Louis, Kansas City, Columbia, Springfield...
The Missouri Department of Corrections has added two units dedicated to the well-being of its staff. Director Anne Precythe tells Missourinet the agency reallocated some vacant positions to staff those units. “It was time to put our money where our mouth is,” she...
