A bipartisan prison reform bill would reward Missouri inmates for self-improvement.

Whether inmates die while in state custody is not used to measure the performance of Missouri’s private prison health care ...

A friend of ML Smith died of a brain tumor while incarcerated, but the staff said she was faking it to get out of work. | ...

The Missouri Department of Corrections is exploring new options and models to provide medical services in prisons across the state.

Advocates and incarcerated people say prisoners were ordered outside during a winter storm and punished with segregation or discipline if they refused ...

In response to questions from The Marshall Project - St. Louis in October about how Missouri prison deaths are tracked and recorded, the research team at the Missouri Department of Corrections ...

After repeated questions about missing deaths in the state’s existing logs, the department shared annual counts for the first time. How many people die each year in Missouri prisons? The question ...

Current and former employees at Jefferson City Correctional Center say the nursing shortage is causing unrest. They blame the state's contractor, Centurion Health. When Steven Caldwell-Bey wasn't able ...

Missouri Appleseed is requesting state funding for doulas to support incarcerated women during pregnancy and childbirth, building on the success of the state's prison nursery program.