Workers started the demolition of the Missouri State Penitentiary a couple of weeks ago to make room for Jefferson City's ...

Records the KSHB 41 I-Team obtained show that over an almost four-year period, 427 Kansas City Municipal Court prisoners were released early back into the community.

Proposals in the Missouri legislature would allow the wrongfully convicted to seek exoneration, without overburdening the system, this writer argues.

The Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center is the first Missouri prison to welcome incarcerated people ...

A man sentenced to life in prison under an outdated law was freed from prison Monday, in part because of an unexpected group ...

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 33-year-old Steven K. Townsend was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison for ...

VANDALIA — A five-year prison trial aims to study how improved prison conditions affect conduct violations and recidivism seen in incarcerated people. The Missouri Prison Transformation ...