A Missouri House committee is debating whether to back a bill that would create an independent “Office of Transparency” within the state Department of Corrections. Sharon Geuea Jones with the Missouri State Conference of the NAACP testified in favor of HB...
Matt Pilger spoke with Missouri State Representative Phillip Oehlerking about his plan to ensure inmates don’t walk out of prison empty-handed, and how providing basic documents like a photo ID or birth certificate could help them secure employment and stay out of the...
The Missouri Department of Corrections has opened a baby nursery in one of its women’s prisons. Alisa Nelson visits with Kim Perkins, the nursery program manager for the department, who says the goal is to change lives and communities through this...
Boosting public safety, fighting Missouri’s fentanyl crisis, and fixing the state’s childcare needs are all priorities in Governor Mike Kehoe’s state budget proposal. Alisa Nelson sits down with the governor to have him lay out his first spending...
A probation officer has been honored for helping people escape from a homeless camp in Kansas City that caught fire. Missouri Department of Corrections parole officer Kevin Harwood joins Marshall Griffin.
