Missouri is now the 10th state to offer a prion nursery to allow incarcerated mothers to keep their newborns behind bars after giving birth. The Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional ...

Historically high deaths, contraband infiltration and costly litigation cited as issues that would be addressed by ...

An American woman who was tried in three killings before disappearing from a prison in Mexico more than 50 years ago has died in Canada, where she was living under an alias, authorities announced ...

Missouri's plan to build a second penitentiary sparked controversy when Louis Houck allegedly attempted to bribe officials to ...

Proposals to add an independent review panel and prison ombudsman mirror the work done decades ago by a now-defunct prison ...

after a riot at the MIssouri State Penitentiary left four men dead and 50 wounded, state lawmakers created a bipartisan committee to keep watch over the prison system. The 12 members of the Joint ...

Missouri state senators on Wednesday held a public hearing on a bill that would expand who could qualify for restitution ...

Kim Perkins is the nursery program director and said she is excited for the effect the program will have on the families ...

Sharon Kinne, who spent five decades evading law enforcement, was positively identified by investigators as having died in ...

After an exceptionally lethal year at the prison, the warden was forced out, but families are still awaiting answers on the ...

Britney D. Hoffman-Kelly was last seen with her husband, Chadwick Kelly, on Dec. 14, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s ...

The Missouri State University march band was selected to perform at Trump's inauguration ...