The average age for people in a state prison is 41.7 years, compared to the state average age of 38.8. The share of the ...

In 2022, the Missouri State legislature passed a law calling for the Missouri Department of Corrections to open a nursery - allowing moms to stay with their infants for up to 18 months within prisons.

The General Assembly has provided more funding to reimburse Missouri counties for housing those who are awaiting transport to state prisons, but some counties argue it isn’t enough. The cost of ...

LICKING, Mo. (KY3) - An inmate being held at the South Central Correctional Center died over the weekend. According to the Missouri Department of Corrections, 34-year-old Blake Selby was ...

A Missouri man was freed from prison Tuesday after his murder conviction was overturned after 34 years behind bars, despite the state attorney general’s efforts to keep him there.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Missouri’s state prison system houses offenders in county jails after they’re convicted for a cost. Counties say the price is too much for them.

A Missouri man who has served more than three decades in prison remains incarcerated even though a judge ruled that he’s not guilty of murder and should be released.

A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years in prison was released Friday, after Missouri’s attorney general fought for more than a month to keep her behind bars.

A Missouri man was freed from prison Tuesday after his murder conviction was overturned after 34 years behind bars, despite the state attorney general’s efforts to keep him there.

Michelle Smith, director of the Missouri Justice Coalitions, speaks during a Jan. 3, 2024, memorial service for the 364 Missourians who died in state custody in 2021, 2022 and 2023.