This statement also offered principles to guide public policy responses to crime. The MCC strives to promote legislation that embodies these values as well as the principles of restorative justice . Corrections Ombudsman . Legislation establishes an ombudsman independent of the Department of Corrections to evaluate egregious complaints. Changes current sentencing practices by encouraging judges to use alternative sentences, such as drug treatment, for non-violent offenders and advocates restorative justice practices.
Legislation prohibits the establishment of private prisons or jails in Missouri.
Government should not contract away fundamental responsibilities like the restraint of offenders. Establishes the Drug Courts Coordinating Commission to assist in the allocation of resources to drug courts throughout the state. Women Offender Program . Establishes a women offender program within the Department of Corrections to provide a continuum of supervision strategies and program services related to the needs of women offenders. This act allows a defendant convicted of violent or sexual felonies requiring testing to make a post-conviction motion for DNA testing of evidence from trial.