In 2020, the Missouri Department of Corrections rolled out a pilot program that allows probation and parole officers to arrest criminals who violate probation and parole rules. The program is being used in St. Louis, Kansas City, Independence, Hannibal, and...
Missouri has put to death it’s 133rd prisoner. The execution is the first known one involving a transgender inmate in the U.S. The prisoner, Amber McLaughlin, was executed for the 2003 kidnapping, rape, and murder of Beverly Guenther of suburban St. Louis....
Missouri is scheduled to execute a transgender inmate next week for the 2003 kidnapping, raping, and killing of Beverly Guenther in Earth City. Scott McLaughlin, who now goes by Amber, would be the first transgender person executed in the United States if the...
Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Missouri is sending out settlement checks to thousands of current and former correctional officers. The checks mark the end of a 10-year court battle with the Missouri Department of Corrections for refusing to pay officers...
To listen to the Show Me Today interview with Missouri Department of Corrections Spokesperson Karen Pojmann, click below. To help stop the flow of drugs and other illegal items into Missouri’s prisons, the state Department of Corrections says it has moved to a digital...
