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More Information on MTC Riot on NYE, Received on 1/19/21

 We received the following message regarding the riot that took place at Maryville Treatment Center on December 31, 2020. A lot of this information has been the same information we’ve previously been told by other incarcerated individuals for the last several months.  “prison riot at MTC midnight new years place erupted busting windows spraying fire […]

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Why Are UA’s Not Being Given

 Another story we continually here lately is that the Missouri Department of Corrections refuses to do urine analysis, blood test, and testing of suspicious substances but wants to give CDVs for anything they want to accuse someone of. Below is just one instance we’ve been made aware of but we’ve been heard several more. We […]

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Informal Resolution Request/IRR Denials

 We keep hearing more and more stories of incarcerated individuals being denied IRR’s when requesting them from DOC staff at multiple facilities. If you know of this happening to your loved one, please contact us at Missouricjr@gmail.com. We’re being told corrections officers, FUMs, and caseworkers are all refusing to give them to incarcerated people when […]

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Constituent Services Response To Families

 A family member of an incarcerated individual has tried multiple times (over a time period of almost two months) to get answers regarding several issues regarding the incarcerated individual. Facility staff don’t return calls, constituent services don’t return calls, the IRR has not been addressed. Today the family member sent a lengthy email to constituent […]

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Covid Vaccines Letter

 We were notified that the incarcerated at two Missouri Department of Corrections facilities (two that we know of) received a letter on the morning of Sunday, January 18, 2021 stating that the incarcerated would begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines “next week”. We will post more information when we receive it.  Also, we were informed that according […]

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