The Missouri Department of Corrections head says she’s made massive personnel changes in management and staff. Director Anne Precythe, who was hired last year after a newspaper story revealed a prison culture of harassment, intimidation, and retaliation, told a state House committee she spent most of 2017 focused on staff.
Last year, the committee issued recommendations to help repair the dysfunctional work conditions at prisons, including the creation of a 24-hour hotline to report problems.
The prison scandal resulted in at least 7.5-million dollars in lawsuit settlements over a four-year period being paid out by the state.
