Missouri governor’s parole study group urged to focus on transparency, fairness

Missouri governor’s parole study group urged to focus on transparency, fairness

The Algoa Correctional Center in Jefferson City (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent).Missouri’s 19 prisons hold about 24,000 people. At some point, most will be released. The question for crime victims, people behind bars and the families of both is when. How that question gets answered is at the heart of a working group created by Gov. Mike Kehoe earlier this year to examine Missouri’s parole system to bring “clarity, transparency and accountabil…