Government
The city uses a mayor council system. The mayor is elected in a citywide vote. The city council has ten members. Two are elected from each of the city's five wards.
The Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) operates the Jefferson City Correctional Center in Jefferson City.
MDOC operated the Missouri State Penitentiary (later named the Jefferson City Correctional Center) in Jefferson City. Before its closure it was the oldest operating penal facility west of the Mississippi River. It served as the State of Missouri's primary maximum security institution, And it housed male death row prisoners until April 1989, when they were moved to the Potosi Correctional Center. The current JCCC was opened on September 15, 2004, replacing the Missouri State Penitentiary.
The United States Postal Service operates several postal facilities, including the Jefferson City Main Post Office.
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