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operated by the Missouri Department of Corrections. It houses approximately 1600 inmates, with a staff of approximately 470. It is located at 8501 No More Victims Road, Jefferson City, MO 65101. Algoa Correctional Center is the only male institution in the state of Missouri that offers the IFI Program. The IFI program is also in the

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due to the dangerously high temperatures in Algoa's housing units, especially for

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chambers.

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at the facility is limited to staff-only areas.

Notable inmates

* Bobby Bostic, transferred from

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in 2021 to serve the final year of his sentence. *

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served time in Algoa from 1944 to 1947.

References

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