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24 Things the Missouri Department of Corrections Did in 2024

2024 was a year of firsts for the Missouri Department of Corrections. Our agency opened the nation’s first prison-based tattoo apprenticeship and first hands-on corrections training academy. We hosted Missouri’s first prison TEDx event and first combined prison-staff-and-residents university commencement ceremony. We also made people safer, served our communities and saved lives.

Here are just a few things we accomplished in 2024 »

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.