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

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

A bipartisan group of Missouri lawmakers wants more oversight over the prison system — as deaths in custody reach their ...

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

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 ...

Missouri is now the 10th state to offer a prion nursery to allow incarcerated mothers to keep their newborns behind bars after giving birth. The Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional ...

Missouri state senators on Wednesday held a public hearing on a bill that would expand who could qualify for restitution ...

Kim Perkins is the nursery program director and said she is excited for the effect the program will have on the families ...

On Dec. 19, she was reported missing as authorities went looking for Kelly who was wanted by the Illinois Department of ...