Missouri Prison Reform News
A message from LeVar Aikens. LeVar’s story can be found on a previous post on our blog. “Derrick Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years for killing George Floyd. He was sentenced to less time than me, and he could be out in 15 years. I’ve already served 10 years OVER that. This […]
We’ve recently been getting a lot of reports of expired food and other unsanitary conditions in the kitchen at Maryville Treatment Center. We’ve received the following information from multiple individuals who are incarcerated at the facility. Two of these individuals referred to the same staff member in their complaints. We’ve received complaints about her before. […]
We recently made everyone aware that there are 10 Missouri Department of Corrections facilities with no air conditioning. As temperatures rise, the temperatures in these facilities can get very high and the incarcerated are feeling the effects. Last week we got a message from an employee at Algoa Correctional Center regarding the temperatures at […]
We received the following message from LeVar Aikens who’s incarcerated at ERDCC in Bonne Terre. We have posted his story previously on this blog. What good is keeping LeVar in prison doing at this point…besides making the state money? “What happens when you are held past your point of rehabilitation? Here is another injustice in […]
A letter we received from LeVar Aikens who’s incarcerated at ERDCC in Bonne Terre. “God is in prison too. There is this misinformation that the D.O.C. has put out there, that prisons are “correctional centers” and “rehabilitation” is available. They even give us little booklets when we first come here—decades ago—trying to make us believe […]
We received the following messages regarding a CO at ERDCC who has tested positive for COVID after refusing to get the vaccine. The incarcerated have been forced to be in crowded environments with staff who refuse to wear masks and now refuse to get the vaccine. They can’t leave, the can’t socially distance, and they […]
We received the following message from a man who’s currently incarcerated at ERDCC in Bonne Terre. He also told us that another message he sent regarding the conditions at this facility was kept from being sent out to us. “The chaos at ERDCC continues. This morning, there was a fight, two guard assaults. The staff […]
We received the following message from a man who’s incarcerated at ERDCC in Bonne Terre. According to the DOC’s website (last updated on Monday, 5/17/21) there are 9 active cases of Covid-19. “At least one inmate here at ERDCC has already tested positive for COVID-19 who was fully vaccinated. There may be more “breakthrough” case […]
We received the following message from a man who’s currently incarcerated at Southcentral Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri. “I am currently being housed at South Central Correctional Center in Licking Missouri. I arrived here on 5-4-21. Coming here I was placed in quarantine for 14 days due to the covid virus protocol. Being one day […]
We received the following message from a man who’s incarcerated at MECC in Pacific, Missouri. Sadly, we hear stories like this too often. Prison staff like to get involved and help get men with certain charges get assaulted. Here’s the message we were sent. “When I got to prison I was classified as a Sigma […]