The state pays counties $22.58 for every day a person who should be in a state prison is in a county jail. Brown said that in his area, it actually costs about $45 a day.

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 ...

The General Assembly has provided more funding to reimburse Missouri counties for housing those who are awaiting transport to state prisons, but some counties argue it isn’t enough. The cost of ...

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 ...

Michelle Smith, director of the Missouri Justice Coalitions, speaks during a Jan. 3, 2024, memorial service for the 364 Missourians who died in state custody in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Mothers at the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Vandalia now have the option of living side by side with their newborns, thanks to a newly remodeled wing of the prison.

Western Missouri Correctional Center (left) and Crossroads Correctional Center, both state prisons in Cameron, Mo., in a satellite image from Google Maps.

A Missouri man who has served more than three decades in prison remains incarcerated even though a judge ruled that he’s not guilty of murder and should be released.

A Missouri man was freed from prison Tuesday after his murder conviction was overturned after 34 years behind bars, despite the state attorney general’s efforts to keep him there.