Medical Parole Denied to Inmates and Willow Speaks About National Domestic Violence Month

Medical Parole Denied to Inmates Crossroads remains in some state of lockdown after over four months.  Host Latahra Smith, organizer of Missouri Families for Inmate Rights, speaks with family members of James Bell and Michael Scott. They are inmates at the CROSSROADS CORRECTIONAL CENTER whose medical prognoses gives them each 3-6 months left to live.  Scott and Bell applied for medical parole but their requests have either been denied or ignored by Missouri Department of Corrections. Willow Speaks About National Domestic Violence Month Will Averill, Directory of Community Engagement at Willow Domestic Violence Center, returns to discuss the fact that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  Host Melvin Merritt and Will Averill talk about upcoming public events to raise awareness and to help empower survivors, male and female, to rebuild and regrow after domestic violence.  Willow Domestic Violence Center has an upcoming event on October 20, 2017: the 1 in 4: Male Survivor Stories. 24 hour hotline – 785-843-3333 The Willow Domestic Violence Center 1920 Moodie Road, Lawrence, KS 66046 Office phone number: 785-331-2034​ Hours: Monday – Friday 9am – 4pm Email: [email protected] website – https://www.willowdvcenter.org/ The JoJR Calendar for the week of October 8th Crossroads Correctional Center Family And Friends Advocacy Group will hold their…