Missouri taxpayers paying convicted felon despite objections from lawmakers
Republican lawmakers in the Missouri House are standing by the House Budget Committee’s attempt to stall the appropriations ...
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Inmate dies in a Jefferson City correctional center
A 45-year-old man has died while serving a 15-year sentence for manufacturing and distributing a controlled substance around 4 a.m. Monday at Algoa Correctional Center in Jefferson City ...
Inmate on dialysis bleeds to death while serving life sentence in Missouri prison
James Pointer was in his housing unit at the Moberly Correctional Center when the cap on a femoral catheter became dislodged.
Missouri lawmakers address the state’s hiring of a man convicted for his role in 2007 killing of Rowan Ford
David Spears pleaded guilty to his role in the 2007 murder of his step-daughter 9-year-old Rowan Ford. In 2007 Rowan Ford was ...
Messenger: A push to end Missouri law punishing inmates who ‘paid their penance’
Missouri’s “pay-to-stay” law is applied arbitrarily, hurting poor people who lose money they need to get re-established in ...
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Missouri State Public Defender and Commission Chair meet to address issues surrounding David Spears
After a contentious budget committee hearing last Thursday ended with a disagreement in philosophy, there was also an ...
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Missouri Opens Prison Nursery to Keep Babies With Moms
The inside of the nursery, which is on prison ... future of Missouri families. On her way into Vandalia, a town of about 3,000 people situated about 75 miles northeast of Jefferson City, Boykin ...