PCIS employs group work and EMDR to help participants process trauma. Story by Marcus Wilkins. Photos by Garry Brix and provided. Missouri Department of Corrections (MODOC) employee Tona Lomax’s body has paid a steep price over the years. A ruptured hip …
Sarah Lee, RBHS eastern region representative, explains how she can help residents after incarceration at the MECC resource fair. Story by Marcus Wilkins. Photos by Garry Brix. Sarah Lee has probably heard all the jokes about the name she almost shares …
Dear family and friends of Missouri state prison residents: To help keep everyone in our facilities safe, the Missouri Department of Corrections is updating background checks for visitors. You must submit a new visiting application if: You were younger …
Deakin O’Connor sits surrounded by his students. From left: Chavez Aldridge, John Lee, Cody Streu, Lester Fehling and Eric Higgins. Story by Marcus Wilkins. Photos by Garry Brix. Professional tattooing requires a steady hand. Artists must be calm, focused …
Community Supervision Centers redirect lives and help Missourians blaze a trail to reentry. Story by Marcus Wilkins. Photos by Garry Brix. Phillip Roette, former resident at the Hannibal CSC, speaks to the facility’s February 2026 graduating class. Phillip …
2025 was a year of beginnings: new life in our prison nursery, new spaces in our housing units, new staff on the corrections team and new ways to improve lives for safer communities. Here are just a few things the Missouri Department of Corrections …
Throughout Missouri Department of Corrections institutions, artists and artistry abound. Story by Marcus Wilkins. Photos by Garry Brix. Like bikes lined up on a Harley-Davidson showroom floor, brightly painted models gleam under the fluorescent lights of …
Boonville Correctional Center staff are helping residents gain life-altering career skills. Story by Marcus Wilkins. Photos by Garry Brix. Andrew Welch, educational instructor at Boonville Correctional Center (BCC), teaches a resident in the electrical …
Algoa Correctional Center residents gain food-service experience — and earn professional ServSafe certification — through the Missouri Governor’s Mansion work-release program Governor's Mansion work release team from Algoa Correctional Center: Seth …
DOC dog teams throughout the Show-Me State are on call to assist local law enforcement agencies and their communities. Miles relishes praise after a successful tracking run. Story by Marcus Wilkins. Photos by Garry Brix. Miles is a consummate gentleman …
The Missouri Department of Corrections welcomed a pair of international motivational speakers to Algoa Correctional Center for the Prison Leadership Conference, an annual event in advance of the Global Leadership Summit and Global Leadership Academy Story …
Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts discovered a new path through reading while incarcerated. Now his nonprofit Freedom Reads inspires hope by bringing books to prisons nationwide. Reginal Dwayne Betts, founder of Freedom Reads addresses an residents of Women's …
The Transition Center of Kansas City equips formerly incarcerated men with tools for successful reentry — directly changing lives for safer communities. Greg Winship, instructor of the Transition Center of Kansas City (TCKC) conflict resolution class, …
In the Restorative Justice program, residents hand-make textile products for children on the autism spectrum and the elderly while healing themselves within Story by Marcus Wilkins Timmy Jackson smooths the ragged seams of fabric spread on the table in …
In Missouri’s first prison nursery, incarcerated moms find healing, hope — and the power of motherhood Kathy Briggs holds newborn twins Lyric and Melody in the Prison Nursery Program housing wing at Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic & …
Kansas City Royals pitcher Lucas Erceg visits Boonville Correctional Center to share his journey from the depths to the diamond Story and Photos by Marcus Wilkins Lucas Erceg spun the baseball in his sweaty palm, rotating the seams for a precise grip. …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2025 Contact: Karen Pojmann, Communications Director Missouri Department of Corrections Karen.Pojmann@doc.mo.gov 573-522-1118 Thank you to everyone inspired by the Jenifer McShane-directed Netflix documentary The Quilters to …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2025 Contact: Karen Pojmann, Communications Director Missouri Department of Corrections Karen.Pojmann@doc.mo.gov 573-522-1118 Notice of Public Hearing Executive Order 25-07 requires the Missouri Parole Board and the Missouri …
Six Department of Corrections employees earn the Director’s Award of Valor When Ashley and Matt Downs pulled onto Highway 50 near Eastland Drive in Jefferson City, thick smoke still hung in the July air from an event they had obviously just missed. The …
New prison nursery program helps incarcerated moms bond with their babies, learn parenting skills and access programming. Peer caregivers at Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic & Correctional Center in Vandalia support incarcerated moms and their …
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