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Law enforcement captured Jonathan O鈥橠ell of Warsaw, Missouri, around 5 p.m. on Sunday night. O'Dell broke out of the Rolla jail later Friday night. His federal indictment alleges he planned to shoot immigrants crossing the border illegally.
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About half of all people released from prison in Missouri return within five years. But decades of research has shown prison education programs can help break the cycle.
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The Department of Missouri Corrections will lift its coronavirus pandemic visitor restrictions on April 1. Visitors can see loved ones in state prisons without wearing a mask or taking a health screening test prior to entry.
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鈥淚 just don鈥檛 trust them,鈥 a detainee said of the jail administration and its handling of the coronavirus pandemic thus far.
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Those championing the proposal think they鈥檒l be able to get it passed before the end of session in May.
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In addition to two dozen pardoned, Parson also commuted the sentences of four individuals.
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Missouri inmates and criminal justice advocates insist that moving prisoners during a pandemic is risky and likely led to an increasing number of coronavirus cases this summer. But corrections officials say they鈥檝e implemented new policies, including testing, to safely transfer people between facilities.
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Dozens of inmates at a women鈥檚 prison in northern Missouri have fallen ill after contracting the coronavirus.At least 189 inmates and nine employees at鈥
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Work hasn鈥檛 stopped for Byron Ewing during the coronavirus outbreak 鈥 if anything, it鈥檚 more intense. As an inmate at the state prison in Bonne Terre,鈥
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Donald Hutson鈥檚 family had been waiting for his release from prison for decades.But in September 2018, Hutson died at Missouri Eastern Correctional Center鈥