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Many of the St. Louis nonprofit鈥檚 clients are veterans who have spent at least 10 years in state prison. One case manager at the nonprofit is helping others land on their feet, just as he was helped through the program.

鈥楾his program is going to give women the building blocks to live a better life, and then that is going to overflow into their children, and then their children鈥檚 children,鈥� said one caregiver in the prison nursery.

In June, a judge overturned Hemme鈥檚 conviction for the 1980 murder of a librarian from St. Joseph, Missouri. After five months of legal battles, the same judge signed the final order granting her freedom.

Attorney General Andrew Bailey鈥檚 office is opposing the release of Howard Roberts after a Greene County circuit judge ordered a retrial.

Missouri prisons can house offenders in county jails after they鈥檙e convicted for a cost. But, counties say they鈥檙e spending more than what the state pays.

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

Othel Moore died at the Jefferson City Correctional Center in December while restrained and in isolation. Four corrections officers were fired in March for their actions related to his death.

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.

The Missouri Western District Court of Appeals upholds finding that the state's Department of Corrections was 鈥渒nowing and purposeful鈥� in refusing to release records of inmate who committed suicide to his mother.

The Missouri House advanced a bill that would prevent pregnant inmates in their third trimester from being restrained, except under extraordinary circumstances. The bill would also create certain health care requirements for pregnant inmates and reverse the prohibition on nonviolent drug offenders receiving SNAP benefits.