| Inmate Name | Date of Death | Cause of Death | Correctional Facility | Age |
| Adams, Cary | 04.21.1997 | Heart Attack | Jefferson City Correctional Center | 53 |
| Becker, Pauline | 06.02.1997 | Heart Disease | Chillicothe Correctional Center | 41 |
| Boyd, Calvin | 07.14.1997 | GI Hemorrhage Due to End Stage Liver Disease | Ozark Correctional Center | 43 |
| Brown, Keith | 03.05.1997 | Pneumonia | Potosi Correctional Center | 38 |
| Burns, Walter | 01.25.1997 | Heart Disease & Cerebral Hemorrhage | Farmington Correctional Center | 44 |
| Cantrell, Cheryl | 03.21.1997 | Blockage in Arteries Caused Bowel Infarction | Chillicothe Correctional Center | 50 |
| Caswell, James | 10.23.1997 | Heart Disease & Vascular Disease | Western Missouri Correctional Center | 39 |
| Crockett, Larry | 10.17.1997 | Kansas City Community Corrections | 41 | |
| Duenscheidt, Henry | 06.11.1997 | Heart Failure | Tipton Correctional Center | 44 |
| Foster, Sylvester | 03.26.1997 | Heart Disease | Potosi Correctional Center | 51 |
| Garrett, Kenneth | 12.26.1997 | Heart Attack | Algoa Correctional Center | 44 |
| Goad, Clyde | 01.24.1997 | Heart Disease, Liver Disease & Emphysema | Potosi Correctional Center | 71 |
| Gomillla, Roger | 06.16.1997 | Heart Disease | Crossroads Correctional Center | 56 |
| Griffith, James | 10.23.1997 | Heart Disease & Vascular Disease | Jefferson City Correctional Center | 52 |
| Isa, Zein-Hassan | 02.07.1997 | Moberly Correctional Center | 65 | |
| Jenkins, George | 10.17.1997 | Crossroads Correctional Center | 46 | |
| Jones, Ivory | 05.09.1997 | Pneumonia & Multiple Sclerosis Complications | Jefferson City Correctional Center | 46 |
| Kirk, Thomas | 04.26.1997 | Lung and Brain Cancer | Western Missouri Correctional Center | 59 |
| Loness, Allen | 02.20.1997 | Cardiac Arthymia | Farmington Correctional Center | 50 |
| Lyle, Michael | 05.25.1997 | Pneumonia and Lung Cancer | Jefferson City Correctional Center | 46 |
| Mabin, Ernest | 11.26.1997 | Leukemia | Crossroads Correctional Center | 64 |
| Maxie, Thomas | 1997 | Pneumonia, Heart Disease & Cancer | Moberly Correctional Center | 49 |
| Metz, James | 03.13.1997 | Renal Failure | Moberly Correctional Center | 40 |
| Minor, Asa | 01.20.1997 | Heart Disease & Pancreatic Cancer | Moberly Correctional Center | 66 |
| Nelson, John | 08.15.1997 | Hypertensive Heart Disease | Jefferson City Correctional Center | 55 |
| Nolan, Larry | 01.04.1997 | GI Hemorrhage Due to End Stage Liver Disease | Missouri Eastern Correctional Center | 55 |
| Patton, Michael | 06.17.1997 | HIV & Liver Disease | Western Missouri Correctional Center | 36 |
| Pittman, Roger | 06.07.1997 | Lung Cancer | Crossroads Correctional Center | 62 |
| Rank, Leo | 09.27.1997 | Heart Disease | Missouri Eastern Correctional Center | 71 |
| Redmond, David | 06.14.1997 | Pneumonia & HIV | Jefferson City Correctional Center | 46 |
| Rickey, Marvin | 09.17.1997 | Lung Cancer | Potosi Correctional Center | 44 |
| Robinson, Michael | 12.24.1997 | Fungus of Heart & HIV | Western Missouri Correctional Center | 26 |
| Rowell, Michael | 07.29.1997 | Septicemia | Booneville Correctional Center | 23 |
| Stanfield, Everett | 03.02.1997 | Heart Disease | Moberly Correctional Center | 62 |
| Tiller, Patrick | 06.24.1997 | Pneumonia & HIV | Western Missouri Correctional Center | 27 |
| Weiss, James | 01.01.1997 | GI Hemorrhage Due to End Stage Liver Disease | Jefferson City Correctional Center | 51 |
| Westwood, Michael | 08.24.1997 | Cancer | Western Missouri Correctional Center | 49 |
| Wiley, Glen | 05.02.1997 | Chronic Dissection of Aorta | Farmington Correctional Center | 40 |
| Williams, Thomas | 04.28.1997 | Heart Disease & Emphysema | Western Missouri Correctional Center | 44 |
| Winters, Edward | 01.09.1997 | Heart Disease & Sarcoidsis | Fulton Reception & Diagnostic Center | 41 |
| Inmate Name | Date of Death | Cause of Death | Correctional Facility | Age |
| 48.25 | ||||