A BIG STEP FORWARD TO REDUCE CRIME AND TREAT PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN KANSAS CITY. THE CITY AND STATE ARE OPENING A NEW FACILITY TO REDUCE THE BACKLOG IN COUNTY JAILS. INVESTIGATIVE ...

More than 100 friends and colleagues gathered in the jailhouse yard at the Missouri State Penitentiary to recognize a local ...

A Leavenworth, Kansas man was sentenced in federal court this week for enticement of a minor to engage in illegal se ...

MINERAL POINT, Mo. – Officials from the Potosi Correctional Center announced the death of the inmate Friday morning. According to the communications director, 54-year-old Victor Santiago died June 29 ...

Two Arkansas prison employees have been fired after an inmate known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” escaped in May ...

A public defender, victim’s advocate and former inmate are part of an effort to improve Missouri’s parole system. The rules ...

Missouri's prison system announced last month that it was "overwhelmed" with donations of quilting supplies. The attention ...

Every state has a capitol that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others ...

An inmate at the South Central Correctional Center at Licking died Thursday afternoon, the Missouri Department of Corrections ...

Lynlee Renick, once a Columbia, Missouri spa owner, has been incarcerated since early 2022 for orchestrating the 2017 murder of her husband, Ben Renick. He was known to be a snake breeder.

Among the people who've received clemency in President Donald Trump’s second term are a pair of reality TV stars, a straw donor who gave $900,000 to Trump’s first inaugural committee and a Virginia ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — 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 now ...