Women’s Prison Services Get Attention

Missouri is getting enough women prisoners that it might be time for someone in the corrections department to deal only with women’s needs. The state senate has adopted a proposal to create the position of assistant corrections director, whose responsiblity...

Eminent Domain Prison Case Settled

The long battle to get land for a new prison near Jefferson City has ended with an out of court settlement between the state and the landowners. Landowners Jim and Marilyn Hoffman are settling for 2.1-million dollars. They had demanded much more. The state had offered...