Florida state Sen. Geraldine Thompson died Thursday following complications from knee replacement surgery, her family said.

a former warden at the Illinois Department of Corrections who worked in that state’s prison nursery and who helped advocate for the nursery in Missouri. Burke, who is now with the Keyway Center ...

Missouri has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...

James Pointer’s life sentence in the Missouri Department of Corrections ended abruptly last week when he bled to death from an opening in his leg used to administer dialysis treatments. Pointer, 76, ...

Health care in Missouri’s prisons is performed by Centurion Health under a contract, recently renegotiated, that pays the company $21.65 per day for each person in custody. The state will pay ...

A federal judge in district court in Arizona on Thursday dismissed claims of defamation by former Cardinals executive Terry McDonough, his wife and daughter against the team, its law firm and public ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Department of Corrections has named the two state prisons that it would close as part of efficiency efforts in the 2025-26 budget year. The recommendation from the state ...

State leaders are considering how President Donald Trump’s plans to deport undocumented immigrants in mass numbers could strain the state’s already stressed and backlogged prison system. If ...

telling reporters that while U.S. law requires “some level of care,” he believes “if you’re a convicted felon in a state prison, you shouldn’t have better access to less-expensive health ...

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A big rally Saturday outside Vermont’s only women’s prison. State officials are looking to build a new facility but some believe prison’s are not the answer.