Missouri Prison Reform

For years, the state’s Department of Corrections cobbled together death records from multiple sources. New data reveals annual totals for the first time.

Jefferson City Correctional Center’s warden was replaced last week without explanation following the investigation of an inmate’s death, causing activists to call for answers.

Health care services in Missouri prisons are declining, according to a prison reform advocacy group. The nonprofit says providers are leaving, emergency care is getting denied and 66 residents have died this year.