Kansas City's Northeast Newscast

On this week’s episode of Women Speak — a segment on Northeast Newscast — hosts Northeast News Editor-in-Chief, Julia Williams and former Missouri House Representative for District 19 Ingrid Burnett sat down with Former Superintendent for the Municipal Correctional Institute (MCI), Nancy Leazer to continue our series on women who influence policy. Throughout this episode, Leazer delves into her career at Kansas City’s Municipal Correctional Institute (formerly located near Truman Sports Complex), which she began in 1995 as a social work manager and finished as the superintendent when MCI closed its doors in 2009. She highlights various programs that were available throughout her work at the facility and how Jackson County Corrections (1300 Cherry St.) differs from the services MCI offered. Burnett and Williams discuss happenings within the Missouri State House in Jefferson city. This episode discusses a new electric facility from Evergy, which was approved by Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe, Farm Bureau health p