Prisons

James Pointer was in his housing unit at the Moberly Correctional Center when the cap on a femoral catheter became dislodged

‘This program is going to give women the building blocks to live a better life, and then that is going to overflow into their children, and then their children’s children,” said one caregiver in the prison nursery.

Senate Bill 36 would allow exonerated defendants to claim damages of $179 per day of wrongful imprisonment with a yearly cap of $65,000.

Missourians charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol include an alleged member of the Proud Boys, a husband and wife, and a man who entered the Capitol dressed as George Washington. All have now been pardoned by President Trump.

Deaths in Missouri prisons have increased in number despite a drop in the number of people incarcerated. The Missouri Department of Corrections says says in-custody fatalities are mainly due to natural causes among an aging, sicker prison population.

The policy comes more than a year after the Missouri Department of Corrections banned people from receiving paper mail in prison.