The Missouri Department of Corrections has no unified plan for preventing the entry and spread of the COVID-19 virus in the state prison system. Each facility makes its own procedures. Some are careful and use protection; many are making no effort to control the disease. The virus has fertile ground in facilities that are crowded and already have substandard health protocols. Men and women who are incarcerated and their families are living in fear and frustration. They find little transparency, and when they speak out for justice, retaliation is swift.

Men who are incarcerated and families of those incarcerated share with us their lived experiences. We also hear from Maria Miller, founder of Our Lives Matter and a leader with EXPO, EX-Incarcerated Persons Organizing, and Kingya, the host of Kingya Speaks, a member of EXPO, and a human rights activist, and Elyse Max of State Director for Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Nonprofit-Organization/Our-LIVES-Matter-1097993126883903/

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/kingya

https://madpmo.org/