Missouri’s prison system is facing a crisis that endangers not just the men and women behind bars, but everyone involved. The problem? A critical shortage of staff has left the system scrambling to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (J. Marshall Smith for The Marshall Project) Last summer, Kenneth Barrett recalls spending 46 days — about half the summer — in ...

Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center is one of a handful of Missouri prisons that is not fully air conditioned. Funding was approved to install air conditioning in 2023, but it will take years for ...

A law passed this year gives the state the authority to treat arrested people within jails or in an outpatient basis if the person can be safely released and treated. Missouri lawmakers took a step ...

FARMINGTON, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Corrections reports that two prisons in Farmington and Moberly were damaged from Monday’s severe storms. At the Farmington Correctional Center, hail caused ...

The Missouri Department of Corrections is giving few details, but advocates say the removal of the South Central Correctional Center warden occurred after an investigation into how contraband is ...

Inside a wing of a nursing home in Farmington, Missouri, Chiro Richey has answered the facility’s phone multiple times over the past six months. She cannot leave without permission from her ...

Last summer, Kenneth Barrett recalls spending 46 days — about half the summer — in solitary confinement at Algoa Correctional Center, a minimum security prison in Jefferson City, Missouri. In ...

Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. In the foreground is Missouri's newest prison, the maximum-security Jefferson City ...