Missouri Prison Reform News
We received the following message from an individual who’s currently incarcerated in Missouri’s Department of Corrections. This is the truth about our prisons. Drugs are everywhere and these individuals cannot get help when they want it. There’s nothing rehabilitative about prison. “I checked myself in to the adseg unit because I am an extreme drug […]
The situation at Jefferson City Correctional Center is becoming worse every day. Staff shortages, a huge shortage of medical staff causing “sick call” to be cancelled almost daily, and the worsening situation between staff and the incarcerated. Three house at this facility has had its fair share of trouble the last few years. Two weeks […]
We received the following message about a man who was assaulted by a staff member while in handcuffs at Potosi Correctional Center. *Names redacted by Missouri Prison Reform “I was in the shower the other night & I heard some commotion on the walk. I looked out & watched this older guard (CO 1 ******) […]
We received a copy of this letter from an individual who’s currently incarcerated at ERDCC in Bonne Terre, Missouri. We are posting with permission. So many issues raised in this letter are things Missouri Prison Reform hears often from incarcerated individual across the state. The Department of Corrections needs to be held accountable for their […]
We received the following letter from a man who’s currently incarcerated at Moberly Correctional Center. We are aware of the death he’s referencing and according to the latest data we received from the Missouri Department of Corrections, the death is still pending an autopsy so they’re not indicating whether it was “natural” or “unnatural”, yet. […]
We received another message from another staff member that works at Maryville Treatment Center. Tensions are high at this facility and staff are scared that something dangerous is going to happen. Administration just keeps telling them that it will “get better”. When? It just keeps getting worse. Here’s the message we received. “Our little community […]
Missouri Prison Reform has received so much information that DOC facilities are extremely understaffed and unsafe. From overdoses to suicides, they’re becoming more unsafe every day. Despite receiving millions of dollars for recruitment, the DOC cannot hire and retain enough staff to keep staff and the incarcerated safe. We have received multiple messages from DOC […]
We received a copy of the following letter from a man who’s currently incarcerated at Southeast Correctional Center in Charleston, Missouri. He wrote this letter to Director, Anne Precythe. Sadly, these reports mirror others we hear from incarcerated individuals across the state. *Redactions made by Missouri Prison Reform.
If you’re unfamiliar with incarceration, you probably have no idea how many actual innocent people there really are in prisons. Unfortunately, Missouri is not the exception. Here’s the story of yet another innocent person serving time in a Missouri prison told to us by his son. “ IN MISSOURI INNOCENCE IS NOT ENOUGH BECAUSE PROCEDURE’S […]
We received the following from a formerly incarcerated man regarding the ITC program he completed while incarcerated at Jefferson City Correctional Center. The program is slowly being cut down by the department of corrections, yet this program has helped so many men. These men reached out to us because they wanted everyone to know how […]