Events:
On July 22, 2021, Missouri Appleseed hosted a free online Continuing Legal Education about the rights of non-resident and non-accused parents in neglect and abuse cases. A video of the training is available here:
On November 12, 2020, Missouri Appleseed hosted a free online Continuing Legal Education about parent-child visitation rights when a parent is incarcerated. For more information about the event, view the flyer here:
Missouri Appleseed November 12 2020 Training-1
Presenter materials are available here:
Missouri Appleseed November 12 CLE Presenter Materials
A video of the training is available here:
News:
Missouri Appleseed’s Executive Director has co-authored the following opinion articles about the correctional system and COVID-19:
- Columbia Missourian article from March 31, 2020: COVID-19 in Missouri’s Prisons and Jails Could Be Crippling
- Missouri Times article from April 10, 2020: The importance of implementing Medicaid suspension during COVID-19
Missouri Appleseed’s associates have written the following opinion articles supporting Primary Caretaker legislation:
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch article from January 28, 2020: For children’s sake, don’t jail parents for nonviolent offenses
- Southeast Missourian article from February 22, 2020: State primary caregiver bills put children’s health first
Missouri Appleseed’s research on menstrual hygiene in Missouri prisons has been featured in the following news stories:
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial from February 26, 2019: Make tampons freely available
- Columbia Missourian article from April 23, 2019: Lawmakers address health risk posed by lack of tampons in prisons
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch article from April 29, 2019: Inmates have to buy their own tampons
- Mother Jones article from May 3, 2019: Getting Your Period in Prison Is Hell
- Kansas City Star editorial from May 6, 2019: Why do female prisoners in Missouri have to pay for tampons
- St. Louis County press release from November 7, 2019: Press Release – St. Louis County to Provide Menstruation Hygiene Products at Justice Center
- St. Louis Public Radio article from November 11, 2019: St. Louis County Jail Offers Pads and Tampons to Inmates Free of Charge
Missouri Appleseed’s partners’ research on suspending rather than terminating incarcerated people’s Medicaid was featured in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article from March 4, 2019:
Change in how Missouri handles inmates on Medicaid
On April 15, 2019, Missouri Appleseed disseminated this press release following the passage of St. Louis City’s Board Bill 212, which improves healthcare for pregnant inmates and mandates access to quality menstrual hygiene products in St. Louis city jails:
Missouri Appleseed Board Bill 212 Press Release
On October 3, 2019, Missouri Appleseed’s Executive Director Liza Weiss was quoted in a Missouri Times article on St. Louis County Executive Sam Page’s executive order improving conditions for pregnant inmates in the St. Louis County jail:
Page’s executive order changes treatment of pregnant inmates