Fallen Officers and Staff Members
Since the establishment of the Missouri Department of Corrections 10 officers have died in the line of duty and 2 staff members.
- Officer William Bullard - Missouri State Penitentiary - 1841
- Officer John Clay - Missouri State Penitentiary - 1905
- Officer Ephriam Allison - Missouri State Penitentiary - 1905
- Deputy Warden R.E. See - Missouri State Penitentiary - 1906
- Officer James W. Woods - Missouri State Penitentiary -1906
- Officer Eli Jenkins - Missouri State Penitentiary - 1918
- Officer James Hart - Missouri State Penitentiary- 1924
- Lieutenant Harold Atkinson – Missouri State Penitentiary - 1975
- Officer Walter Farrow – Missouri State Penitentiary - 1979
- Officer Tom Jackson – Moberly Correctional Center - 1983
- Officer Rodney Welch – Algoa Correctional Center - 2002
- District Administrator Debra Collins - District 25 Poplar Bluff - 2011
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