State offering $49.5M to settle overtime claims for corrections officers
Missouri is offering Department of Corrections employees routinely shorted on their pay a $49.5 million settlement to drop a lawsuit scheduled for…
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Formerly incarcerated Missourians struggle for decades to find stable housing
After serving time in prison, Christine McDonald found herself living on the streets of Kansas City and in a pay-by-the-week…
New law, state funds help some Missouri jails lift fees for tampons and pads
When people are checked into the Clay County Detention Center, they all have to pay an intake fee of $8.…
Higher COVID rates seen in Missouri counties with large prison populations
Since the Delta variant of the coronavirus took hold at the beginning of June, almost a quarter million Missourians have tested…
Nonprofit grants help fund prosecutors’ push against racial injustice
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When Deborah Gonzalez took office in January as the district attorney for the Western Judicial District of…
Jaco: Prison for spreading a virus? Only for HIV, not COVID
Missouri has become America’s very own Third World, with COVID spreading rapidly thanks to everyday people refusing vaccines and political…
COVID-19 is lasting concern inside Missouri prisons
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Missouri Department of Corrections has implemented mitigation efforts and begun administering…
Bipartisan coalition hopes to fund free tampons, pads in Missouri prisons
In Missouri, incarcerated women’s access to feminine hygiene products depends on where they’re housed. Some are forced to pay to…
Ex-Alderman Arnowitz gets year in prison for fraud
ST. LOUIS — Onetime 12th Ward Alderman Larry Arnowitz was sentenced Friday to a year in federal prison for misusing…