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Those championing the proposal think they’ll be able to get it passed before the end of session in May.
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In addition to two dozen pardoned, Parson also commuted the sentences of four individuals.
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A class-action lawsuit changing how Missouri handles parole hearings has meant new hope for 98 Missouri men sentenced to life without parole for crimes they committed as juveniles. "St. Louis on the Air" talked to several men who have been released after decades behind bars.
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The Missouri Department of Corrections releases about 19,000 people a year from its prisons, but the coronavirus pandemic has altered what typical reentry into society looks like for those individuals.
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Missouri inmates and criminal justice advocates insist that moving prisoners during a pandemic is risky and likely led to an increasing number of coronavirus cases this summer. But corrections officials say they’ve implemented new policies, including testing, to safely transfer people between facilities.
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The Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center is the most recent facility in the Missouri Department of Corrections to see a spike in cases, currently with 198 inmates at the Bonne Terre facility testing positive for COVID-19.
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Prisons will now be required to treat high priority inmates regardless of cost.
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Dozens of inmates at a women’s prison in northern Missouri have fallen ill after contracting the coronavirus.At least 189 inmates and nine employees at…
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Tina Merriweather carries her phone with her everywhere, just in case her daughter calls.“I can be in a prayer service and she'll call me, but I always…
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Missouri inmates are cleaning SSM Health’s hospital linens and scrubs.SSM Health contracts out its laundry services to Missouri Vocational Enterprises, an…