The women’s prison at Vandalia is expected to open a nursery in February that can serve up to 14 mothers and their babies for ...

The mystery of what happened to a U.S. woman who was tried in three killings before disappearing from a Mexican prison more ...

Historically high deaths, contraband infiltration and costly litigation cited as issues that would be addressed by ...

Proposals to add an independent review panel and prison ombudsman mirror the work done decades ago by a now-defunct prison ...

It sends a terrible message, I think, that you can storm the seat of the national government and clearly commit crimes, be ...

The Department of Corrections says fatalities are mainly due to natural causes and an aging population. Advocates say more ...

A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court Monday for his role in a pair of kidnapping cases, including one in which he ...

Freddie Lewis Tilton was sentenced for a kidnapping that left someone dead and another where he conspired with a Rogers man.

After an exceptionally lethal year at the prison, the warden was forced out, but families are still awaiting answers on the ...

Missouri's WERDCC prison opens a nursery wing to allow incarcerated mothers to care for their babies, with hopes of reducing ...

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.