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Even One Is Too Many

Zero Suicide, an overarching institutional framework and philosophy designed to reduce the suicide rate, is underway in the Missouri Department of Corrections.

Zero Suicide is a revolutionary, culture-altering framework being implemented by the Missouri Department of Corrections in 2025. Staff-focused and the first of its kind nationwide in the field of corrections, Zero Suicide is a reformatted version of a successful initiative used in the healthcare industry. The concept, while aspirational, is that “the only acceptable number of suicides is zero.”

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Improving Lives for Safer Communities

In the Missouri Department of Corrections, we foster public safety, health and wellness. We support victims and give back to people in need. We facilitate treatment, education and job training to equip justice-involved Missourians with the skills they need to contribute to the state’s communities, inside and outside our walls. About 96 percent of people who enter prison return to Missouri cities and towns. We want to make sure they're good neighbors.