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peers who are at the end of their
life; he still writes for them; he still
feeds them cake.
"What I like now is to know that
someone is not dying in the worst
place you can die - alone. No one
there for you; no one to care for
you," Dyal said. "That's what I enjoy
from hospice."

Allred rests his hand against his wheelchair in the Jefferson City Correctional Center in Jefferson
City, Missouri on Nov. 21, 2017. Allred's strength has faltered significantly since his diagnoses.
"Some days can be pretty difficult...if I drop anything, it's going to stay there until I feel better or
[a nurse] comes around," Allred said.

information could be disclosed in journaling and how much the inmates
could touch one another.
"We had to go back and manage some of the areas where we do a lot of
touchy-feely stuff in hospice," she said. "So we had to figure out how do we
work that? I mean, how much can we do? Can they touch somebody's hand?"
The Missouri Hospice and Palliative Care Association has trained prisoners at
12 of the 21 Missouri prisons. There are plans to train offenders at another
Missouri Prison in early 2018 and to add dementia training to the curriculum.
Moore said the association underwrites what it does for MODOC when it
comes to training the offenders. Doctors and nurses volunteer their time to
spend a day with criminals and teach them about end-of-life care.
"This was our sort of gift, being part and parcel and being on board with this
idea that it would be a really great program to put into place," Moore said. "We
volunteered all our time, we volunteered the organization and all of the work."
Dyal is no stranger to death. He was convicted for assisting in the murder of
his stepmother, and during his time behind bars, he's helped his friends die
peacefully. But despite all the death, he still volunteers. He still reads to his

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This article was originally published
by public radio station KBIA and is
reprinted with permission. KBIA is a
University-licensed, communitysupported not-for-profit institution,
actively involved in the life of the midMissouri area. The station is the
area's largest provider of arts
programming, serving more than
30,000 listeners and members each
week, and is today one of the few
remaining providers of local news.
KBIA provides the best in NPR news,
information, and arts and
entertainment programming to this
growing and vibrant area.
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