Prisons

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.

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.

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…

Inmates at a Missouri prison will be able to prepare for the workforce prior to their release, thanks to an in-house training program. The Re-Entry Center…

Destini Hutson spent much of her childhood picturing what life would be like when her dad came home.Over time, her plans turned to the practical: teach…

Tonya Harry had been working as a correctional officer for about a year when she had one of the most traumatic experiences of her life.During her shift at…

Missouri ranks just behind Mississippi for the lowest-paid correctional officers in the country.The average annual pay for a correctional officer in…

Missouri’s incarceration rate for women is among the highest in the country. The majority of these women have children, yet little research has examined…

Joe Watson has lived a troubled life. He had a traumatic childhood, spent years addicted to cocaine and meth and is now serving a 20 year sentence in...

A St. Louis-based organization called Prison Performing Arts (PPA) is taking a fresh approach in its 27-year-old effort to turn inmates into actors.The…