About the same time William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett were defending the Alamo in San Antonio in 1836, a prison ...

Tours of the Missouri State Penitentiary have started back up as the weather slowly warms. Visitors can see the historic ...

Once the oldest continually operating prison west of the Mississippi River, the Missouri State Penitentiary (MSP) operated for 168 years before decommissioning in 2004. It ...

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.

You can find more summer travel destinations and events here. The Missouri State Penitentiary received its first inmate in 1836 for stealing a watch. As the only prison closest to the Western ...

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 ...

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 ...