by admin | Dec 13, 2006 | Uncategorized
The head of the state corrections department admits an investigation is underway into internal operations of the Bonne Terre prison….and that three people with administrative responsibilities have been suspended. But he’s going to let the rumors and...
by admin | Nov 2, 2006 | Crime / Courts
On any given day, several hundred prisoners are released from Missouri’s prison system. Twice as many people are under corrections department supervision on the outside as are under supervision on the inside. More than 20 counties are sending delegates to a...
by admin | Sep 11, 2006 | Crime / Courts
Two corrections officers have been shot to death at the women’s prison in Chillicothe. Investigators say one guard shot another then killed himself. No prisoners were involved. Corrections officers at the prison do not carry guns. Prison officials are...
by admin | Sep 3, 2006 | Uncategorized
Ground will be broken within a few weeks for a new prison to handle Missouri’s growing number of women convicts. The Chillicothe women’s prison is the oldest prison in the state. It’s full, with 525 inmates…. The women’s prison at...
by admin | Jul 18, 2006 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine
A court ruling that forced the state to transport a pregnant female prisoner to an abortion clnic last year has been made to apply to all women in Missouri prisons. Federal Judge Dean Whipple has ruled that the US Supreme Court order that Missouri provide the...
