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Columbia Missourian
April 23, 2018
About 100 prisoners in the Beir Ahmed prison in the southern city of Aden said in a statement leaked to the media that their open-ended strike would continue until their demands are met. They said Aden prosecutors have ordered more than 70 detainees released but the prison's Emirati commanders refuseÃâà...
Southeast Missourian
April 23, 2018
A new facility to house the district office of the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole is under construction on Mount Auburn Road; the building is being ... his brother, John O. Davis, was reported missing in action in Africa in March; but according to Catholic Church communications, he is now a prisoner ofÃâà...
The Cheat Sheet
April 22, 2018
Florida has the third largest prison system in the country and the 10th highest rate of prisoners. The state ... Missouri's county jail populations are on a steady rise — the state has seen a 50% increase in county jails over the last seven years. ... Alabama has a prisoner problem, but that's not the only issue.
In These Times
April 21, 2018
In Missouri, one prisoner observed dirty facilities that were lacking basic cleaning supplies, with “rats and roaches in the kitchen” and warehouse. ... The report also described prisoners being fed the infamous “food loaf”—a mysterious concoction of “meat and vegetables thrown in cornbread-mix” served inÃâà...
fox2now.com
April 20, 2018
The proposal, approved Thursday, allows those in the National Guard and the armed forces reserves to deduct their military income from their state taxes. The deduction would be phased in beginning in 2020. The bill also requires state buildings to display flags commemorating prisoners of war and thoseÃâà...
fox2now.com
April 20, 2018
The proposal, approved Thursday, allows those in the National Guard and the armed forces reserves to deduct their military income from their state taxes. The deduction would be phased in beginning in 2020. The bill also requires state buildings to display flags commemorating prisoners of war and thoseÃâà...
Moberly Monitor Index
April 12, 2018
Randolph County will recoup more than $250,000 in prisoner housing fees previously withheld by the state, a boon to the coffers officials say came unexpectedly. Missouri Department of Corrections told counties in November 2017 that funding issues would lead to payment delays of more than $19 millionÃâà...
fox4kc.com
March 30, 2018
It may seem like a cruel April Fool's joke, but Missouri prisoners will wake up this April 1 to news they can no longer smoke. Missouri's Department of Corrections has been working for months to avoid a potential Easter rebellion. Smoke-free Missouri prisons are required after a prisoner who was originallyÃâà...
Jefferson City News Tribune
March 3, 2018
At the same point Fort Leonard Wood neared completion, a group of officers from the Seventh Corps Area actively investigated sites in Missouri for another Army base where additional ... In addition to the military training provided at the camp, it housed approximately 2,000 prisoners of war during WWII.
The Missourian
March 2, 2018
There are no federal prisoners housed at the Franklin County Jail, and it is a rare circumstance that prisoners from other counties stay at the Union facility. ... Standards at the county jail are mandated by the American Correctional Association (ACA), the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) and the MissouriÃâà...
STLtoday.com
February 20, 2018
After a local pharmacy tied to Centene Corp. was identified on Tuesday as the supplier of drugs used for executions in Missouri, Centene said the pharmacy ... As McDaniel reported, many suppliers have stopped producing the drugs used to kill prisoners sentenced to death, making it harder for states toÃâà...
Southeast Missourian
February 13, 2018
PATTON, Mo. — A minimum-security inmate walked away from a Missouri Department of Transportation worksite at 10:13 a.m. Tuesday. The site is 18 miles south of Patton. The escaped inmate, Jacob Dylan Martin, 22, is a white male; 5-feet, 10-inches tall; weighs 164 pounds; and has brown hair and blueÃâà...
STLtoday.com
February 10, 2018
The federal policy was enacted after the Bureau of Prisons settled a lawsuit brought by a transgender inmate in Missouri. It says officials must not only evaluate prisoners for gender dysphoria but also treat those who have it, whether therapy was prescribed before or after the inmate entered federal custody.
Springfield News-Leader
February 6, 2018
The following editorial was published Feb. 1 by The Kansas City Star. On Monday, a Kansas legislative committee on corrections got answers to questions they should have been asking all along. Rep. J. Russell Jennings, Chairman of the Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight, calledÃâà...
KSDK
February 4, 2018
Though Baxter was sentenced to 17 years in Bowling Green, Missouri, he still lives in the same world as Middendorf: the internet. A handful of the 2.2 million inmates in the United States have 'dating profiles' on websites, that connects them to potential pen pals and romantic partners. Baxter's profile onÃâà...
Columbia Missourian
December 31, 1999
ST. LOUIS, Mich. (AP) — A central Michigan prison that was put on lockdown due to prisoner fights is returning to normal operations. State Corrections spokesman Chris Gautz said Wednesday that prisoners at the St. Louis Correctional Facility in Gratiot County no longer are being solely confined to theirÃâà...
Columbia Missourian
December 31, 1999
The issue is important to Missouri, where a state task force has recommended a five-year, $296 million effort to move more inmates from behind bars to a community-based corrections system. ... The result: Missouri will spend nearly $700 million in general-fund revenue this year to house 32,500 inmates.
Jefferson City News Tribune
December 31, 1999
The Missouri Department of Corrections on Tuesday showcased some of the positive things it is doing to make the state safe and have prisoners return to ... Another former prisoner is upholsterer Mike Smith, who credited people he met while in prison with getting him onto the path to becoming a successfulÃâà...
KSDK
December 31, 1999
The I-Team has uncovered new information about Missouri prison inmates using the internet to rejoin society while still locked up. Soon, more than 33,000 Missouri prisoners will be getting free tablets. It's all slated to happen this year, but some staff who work in those prisons said they are afraid technologyÃâà...
