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Reentry

Education, Training and Reentry Program News

: Missouri Joins National Initiative to Improve Outcomes for People Leaving Prison
: Transformed Kansas City Facility Supports Success After Incarceration
: Department of Corrections Partners with WTI/Tremco for Job Training Program
: Inaugural Class Completes ASPIRE MO Entrepreneurship Program in Women’s Prison
Corrections Day: Corrections Day at the Capitol Event March 27
Corrections Day: Inmates prepare for life outside Missouri prison walls
Culinary Arts: Corrections center culinary program provides inmates with skills for post-release
Facilities: In a tight labor market, Connections to Success readies skilled, trained Missourians for jobs after prison
Missouri Vocational Enterprises: Program transforms inmate into entrepreneur
reentry: A Permanent Mark: Alex Bonebrake designed one of the nation’s first prison-based tattoo apprenticeship programs. Take a peek inside the WRDCC studio where he’s preparing men for post-incarceration careers.
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Giving Back

Community Service and Restorative Justice News

Hospice: Missouri offenders help their peers as hospice volunteers
Justice Reinvestment: 18 Things the Missouri Department of Corrections Did in 2018
Puppies for Parole: Puppies for Parole Celebrates 5,000 Dog Adoptions
Puppies for Parole: School therapy dog finds home at Intermediate Elementary
Puppies for Parole: Rummy finds family through Puppies for Parole
Restorative Justice: Department of Corrections Contributes Labor and Funds to Help Flood and Storm Victims
Restorative Justice: Ozark Riverways receives mural painting from South Central Correctional Center
Restorative Justice: Program encourages inmates to give back
Staff: Real-life superheroes honored for saving Missourians from burning buildings, traffic accidents, violent assaults
Staff: Parole officer's work with offenders lauded
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Leadership

Leadership and Policy News

Director Precythe: Rep. Jim Hansen on the Department of Corrections
Director Precythe: Tips on better negotiating, jump-starting community involvement
Justice Reinvestment: Missouri State Forum on Public Safety Agenda
Justice Reinvestment: New Council Aims to Reduce Crime, Shrink Prison Population, Save Money
Justice Reinvestment: Notice of Public Meeting
Justice Reinvestment: A Better Approach
Justice Reinvestment: State task force recommends mental health support for released prisoners
Justice Reinvestment: Missouri task force to consider improvements in behavioral health network
Justice Reinvestment: Task force responds to growing prison population, repeat offenses
Justice Reinvestment: Missouri’s county jail populations climb by 50% in seven years
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Veterans

Veterans News

Veterans Upward Bound Extends Educational Reach to Inmates Who Served the Nation
Corizon Health Brings Veteran Dorm Program to Missouri
Missouri Department of Corrections Offers Program for Veterans
Missouri prison program recognized for veteran rehab
Service dogs assist veterans through mental illness
Missouri Veterans Project prison program is earning recognition for veteran rehabilitation
Program for vets in prison mimics military lifestyle
Veterans find hope behind prison walls through new program
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Videos

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