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 wounded (Missouri State Highway Patrol photo via ...

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 ...

Missouri lawmakers created a bipartisan committee to keep watch over the state prison system. The 12 members of the Joint Committee on Correctional Institutions and Problems had two important ...

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 ...

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 the ...

Prison oversight State Rep. Kimberly-Ann Collins, a St. Louis Democrat, speaks in April 2024 during Missouri House debate (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications).When Missouri established its ...

These thoughtful touches gained the admiration of Maggie Burke, a former warden at the Illinois Department of Corrections who worked in that state’s prison nursery and who helped advocate for the ...