Missouri’s local jails are paid $24.95 per day for each inmate they hold before eventually going to a state prison. A ...

Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers stand guard Sept. 23, 1954, as inmates of the Missouri State Penitentiary are taken to the prison dining hall following a riot that left four inmates dead and 50 ...

In 1957, 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 ...

MISSOURI, USA — In 1957, 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.

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

Pregnant women who are incarcerated will move into the facility next week. For now, only women with 18 months or less to ...

A man died a Missouri prison when he bled to death from an opening in his leg used to administer dialysis treatments.

"This program is going to give women the building blocks to live a better life, and then that is going to overflow into their ...