The former employee of a Missouri prison has been charged and could face time behind bars herself after an alleged sexual ...

As part of a Jan. 24 plea deal, prosecutors reduced the murder charge from first-degree murder to second-degree murder and dropped 2 counts of armed criminal action.

Missouri's plan to build a second penitentiary sparked controversy when Louis Houck allegedly attempted to bribe officials to ...

Sandra Hemme spent 43 years in a Missouri prison for a murder she did not commit. Some estimates suggest that a false ...

"This program is going to give women the building blocks to live a better life, and then that is going to overflow into their ...

LOUIS — Missouri Appleseed believes all Missouri families deserve the opportunity to thrive. Through research, advocacy, and ...

Three bills, all sponsored by Republicans, would impose various increases to Missouri’s required minimum sentencing. Two ...

Pregnant women who are incarcerated will move into the facility next week. For now, only women with 18 months or less to ...

An Missouri woman who was tried in three killings before disappearing from a prison in Mexico has died in Canada, where she ...

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 ...

Sharon Kinne was charged with killing her Missouri husband, her boyfriend's wife and a man she'd picked up in a Mexican bar.

The man who intoxicatedly ran over a Platte County man and killed him will spend the next 11 years in prison for the crime.