Missouri Prison Reform News
While communicating with another incarcerated person, Missouri Prison Reform was made aware of James Scott. We were asked to reach out to him, to hear his story. We did a quick Google search to see what it was about and unfortunately, it sounds like Missouri…younger people may be more familiar with Ryan Ferguson. But you […]
Earlier today we posted the message that Jeff Norman sent out to the incarcerated on 3/24/21 https://www.moprisonreform.org/2021/03/vaccine-letter-from-jeff-norman.html encouraging the incarcerated to get the vaccine. Mr. Norman also stated that visits would be reinstated once 70% of the incarcerated have gotten the vaccine. Here’s a message from an incarcerated man regarding the vaccine and this letter from […]
On 3/24/21 Jeff Norman, MoDOC’s Director of Adult Institutions, sent out an email to the incarcerated on their Jpay tablets. The email was encouraging the incarcerated to accept the COVID-19 vaccines that are being offered to them. It also stated that visits would resume when approximately 70% of the incarcerated population has been vaccinated. The […]
During a town hall meeting on 3/4/21, Missouri Department of Corrections Director Anne Precythe stated that incarcerated people were not being given conduct violations for not wearing masks due to Covid. We know this is not true. After that meeting, we heard from countless people telling us that their loved ones HAD been given a […]
We received the following message from one of the Muslim men who was pepper sprayed on 2/28/21 by DOC staff while these men were praying. The harassment continues and is nothing new, from what we’ve been told by man. When will the Department of Corrections do something regarding this? “Dear, Missouri prison reform. As you […]
On 2/28/21 a group of Muslim men were pepper sprayed by DOC staff while praying. We’ve made several posts regarding that incident. One of those men sent the following letter regarding another issue that occurred on 3/13/21 where they were, again, harassed regarding their prayer. This letter is written to the warden at ERDCC. “Dear […]
We’re being told that a lot of Missouri’s incarcerated population has refused the COVID vaccine or is planning to. They don’t trust the vaccine, they don’t trust the DOC, and they don’t trust Corizon. Can you blame them? After their experiences with the legal system, their experiences with DOC staff and administration, and the handling […]
We’ve posted several messages we’ve received from incarcerated men at ERDCC in Bonne Terre regarding an incident on 2/28/21 when some Muslim men were pepper sprayed by MoDOC staff while praying. This incident is sad, infuriating, disgusting… Here’s another letter from another Muslim man who was praying that day. “I am writing this letter in […]
Here’s today’s Covid-19 update per the DOC’s website. https://doc.mo.gov/media-center/newsroom/covid-19/data
We have been told that incarcerated individuals at Jefferson City Correctional Center are being threatened with conduct violations for not wearing their masks while staff continue to not wear masks. Staff are giving CDV’s for “not following a directive” We have also been told that for approximately two weeks, sick call has been canceled daily. […]