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Missouri opens baby nursery in women’s prison (LISTEN)

Missouri opens baby nursery in women’s prison (LISTEN)

by [email protected] | Feb 26, 2025 | Health / Medicine, News, Show Me Today

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...
Missouri launches special unit to curb flow of illegal items in prisons (LISTEN)

Missouri launches special unit to curb flow of illegal items in prisons (LISTEN)

by [email protected] | Jul 31, 2024 | News, Show Me Today

Drugs, cell phones, weapons, and other items are getting into Missouri’s 19 prisons through a variety of ways, including drones. Alisa Nelson talks to Trevor Foley, the acting director of the Missouri Department of Corrections, about a new unit designed to curb the...

Audit finds Missouri Department of Corrections’ MVE program not benefiting short-term inmates as intended

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...
To combat illegal items getting into prisons, Missouri puts limits on reading materials

To combat illegal items getting into prisons, Missouri puts limits on reading materials

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...
Puppies can truly be anyone’s emotional support (LISTEN)

Puppies can truly be anyone’s emotional support (LISTEN)

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...
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