Nearly two dozen inmates at a prison in southeast Missouri have tested positive for the coronavirus, the first outbreak of the illness inside a correctional facility in the state. Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann said late Thursday that ...

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Gov. Mike Parson has ordered the closure of Missouri’s 13 casinos through March 30 as part of an effort to limit public gatherings in the public health battle against the coronavirus. Meanwhile, some nonviolent jail inmates are being freed to ...

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Current and former inmates say a rural Missouri county jail has been denying detainees basic necessities such as soap and shampoo. Allen Towe, of Sikeston, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that female inmates at the Scott County Jail such as ...

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Current and former inmates say a rural Missouri county jail has been denying detainees basic necessities such as soap and shampoo. Allen Towe, of Sikeston, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that female inmates at the Scott County Jail such as ...

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A federal lawsuit claims that a Missouri man who suffered a manic attack was held shackled in a rural jail’s restraint chair in lieu of medical treatment for five days, subjected to racial slurs, force-fed and allowed to defecate all ...

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A federal lawsuit claims that a Missouri man who suffered a manic attack was held shackled in a rural jail’s restraint chair in lieu of medical treatment for five days, subjected to racial slurs, force-fed and allowed to defecate all ...

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