The Evolution of Corrections in Missouri; George Lombardi, Director of Corrections at Missouri Department of Corrections

By Matthew Hile | February 10, 2013

Corrections budgets across this country have increased dramatically in the past 25 years. The…

I Dwell in Possibility…Only As I Am Free; Antona Brent Smith

By Matthew Hile | February 3, 2013

Imagine what I could do. I like to make super high towers with my…

By Matthew Hile | October 14, 2012

Each year Prison Performing Arts provides arts opportunities to more than 4000 incarcerated youth…

By Matthew Hile | July 29, 2012

Today, we are witnessing the greatest assault on voting in over a century. Nearly…

By Barbara Frederick | May 23, 2012

The details of the Commission on the Death Penalty called by Governor George Ryan…

By Matthew Hile | July 17, 2011

President Richard Nixon first declared a “War on Drugs” in 1971 as the government…

By Matthew Hile | July 11, 2010

In 2006, a deranged man named Charles Carl Roberts went into an Amish school…

By Matthew Hile | October 11, 2009

Mary Beth Tinker is a nurse and a life-long activist. She divides her time…

By Matthew Hile | March 23, 2008

This Sunday’s address will continue our look at justice in America. Two differing concepts…

By Matthew Hile | March 9, 2008

This Sunday’s address is the first of a two-part examination of ideas of justice…