Missouri State Representative Adrian Plank (D) has introduced legislation that would allow individuals serving sentences for ...

Ivy Scott is an engagement reporter with The Marshall Project - St. Louis. She covers the issues that matter the most to our ...

This will be our third local news team; this one will produce investigative, data and engagement journalism to serve ...

Oklahoma state Rep. Steve Bashore says his push for Lauria and Ashley's Law may still have a ways to go, but he is encouraged ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Department of Corrections has named the two state prisons that it would close as part of efficiency efforts in the 2025-26 budget year. The recommendation from the state Department ...

In the legislature, the GOP is sponsoring measures to require state law enforcement to cooperate with ICE, a particularly ...

Fresh food was easy to come by when Teri Castle began serving time in the West Virginia Department of Corrections.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections plans to have the outside food vendor assume food service operations by late summer.

The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. People held in state prison can ...

James Pointer was in his housing unit at the Moberly Correctional Center when the cap on a femoral catheter became dislodged ...

The sudden collapse of the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad’s flight to Russia in December marked a dramatic ...