by Marshall Griffin | Sep 20, 2023 | Crime / Courts, News
A program designed to help Missouri inmates to gain job skills to use after they’re released is not working as intended, according to State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick. He told Missourinet that the Department of Corrections has instead primarily chosen inmates with...
by Alisa Nelson | Aug 28, 2023 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Jefferson City — Inmates within Missouri’s prison system will no longer be allowed to get reading materials purchased by family and friends. The Missouri Department of Corrections announced the move. The department said the change is meant to limit the ways...
by [email protected] | Aug 11, 2023 | News, Show Me Today
Puppies for Parole is a rehabilitation program for inmates across Missouri.. Christy Bertelson is the author of a new book about the program titled, “Puppies for Parole: Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Redemption in Missouri’s Prisons. She joins Marshall Griffin to...
by [email protected] | Jul 31, 2023 | News
Missouri has created mobile custody units to help battle the corrections officer shortages within the state’s prison system. Alisa Nelson talks to Travis Terry, with the Missouri Department of Corrections, about these special units.
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 20, 2023 | Business, Crime / Courts, Education, News, Politics / Govt
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...